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1  UNKNOWN 

Winter 

1-A    PEBBLES,  FRANK  M. 

Portrait  of  President  U.  S.  Grant 

2  UNKNOWN 

Autumn 

3  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

Sunday  Morning  in  the  Mines  (1849) 

This  picture  is  of  special  interest,  as  the  scenes  it  represents 
are  all  taken  from  real  life  in  the  mining  camp,  in  the  California 
era  of  '49. 

4  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

The  Fandango 

This  picture  illustrates  Spanish  life  in  the  early  days  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

5  COGSWELL,  WM. 

Portrait  of  President  U.  S.  Grant 

6  COGSWELL,  WM. 

Portrait  of  Chief  Justice  Salmon  P.  Chase 

7  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

The  Patriotic  Race 

No.  7  represents  an  incident  of  the  American  Revolution.  While 
both  armies  were  encamped  near  the  Potomac,  the  English  officers 
gave  a  ball  to  the  ladies  of  the  vicinity.  In  the  course  of  the 
evening  a  young  American  girl  happened  to  overhear  a  whispered 
conversation  between  two  officers  relating  to  movements  of  the 
army  and  some  important  dispatches  on  the  subject,  which  were 
to  be  forwarded  that  night  by  special  messenger  to  a  commanding 
officer  stationed  at  some  distance.  Understanding  of  what  immense 
advantage  the  possession  of  these  papers  would  be  to  her  country- 
men, the  young  girl  instantly  formed  a  heroic  resolution.  Slipping 
into  the  kitchen,  she  managed  to  divert  the  attention  of  the  messen- 
ger while  she  abstracted  the  dispatch  bag,  then  hurrying  to  the 
stable  she  mounted  the  horse,  which  stood  ready  saddled  for  the 
British  soldier,  and  behold  her  galloping  towards  the  American 
encampment.  In  a  short  time  the  important  theft  is  discovered  and 
an  English  officer  starts  in  pursuit  of  the  fugitive.  Just  at  sunrise 
he  overtakes  her — another  moment  and  her  heroic  act  had  been  in 
vain,  but  American  tents  are  gleaming  in  the  distance,  an  American 
soldier  is  already  by  her  side.  In  the  ardor  of  his  exciting  chase, 
the  Englishman  has,  unnoticed,  passed  the  lines  of  the  hostile 
encampment;  at  the  sharp  tone  of  the  American  soldier,  he  now 
wheels  about  with  an  angry  oath,  and,  thanks  to  his  brave  steed 
alone,  makes  good  his  escape  to  the  British  lines. 

8  ADAM,  EUGENE  Munich 

Dalmation  Peasants  at  the  Spring 

9  LEISTEN,  J. 

Lawyer's  Consultation 


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10    VANDYCK,  SIR  A.  Flemish  School 

Portrait 

Anthony  Vandyck,  the  friend  and  pupil  of  Rubens,  is  justly 
termed  the  "Prince  of  Portrait  Painters."  In  this  department  he  is 
allowed  to  have  but  one  superior — Titian.  Vandyck  was  born  at 
Antwerp  in  1599,  and  died  in  London  in  1641.  The  portrait  before 
us  is  evidently  that  of  some  scholar  and  divine  of  the  seventeenth 
century. 


11    WYCK,  THOMAS  Flemish  School 

The  Dentist 

Thomas  Wyck  was  born  at  Harlem  in  1616.  He  excelled  in  paint- 
ing- small  figures,  shipping-,  the  interiors  of  chemists'  laboratories, 
etc.  "His  pictures  are  well  composed,  his  coloring  warm  and  trans- 
parent, and  his  pencil  bold  and  free."    He  died  in  1686. 


12    BAGER,  JOHANN  DANIEL 

Portrait 


13    RENI,  GUIDO  (1575-1642)  Bolognese  School 

Egyptian  Magdalene 

Guido  Reni,  the  greatest  of  the  scholars  of  the  Caracei,  was  born 
at  Boiogna  in  1575.  "His  earlier  pictures  display  a  striving  after 
the  grand  and  terrible,  with  a  powerful  effect  of  light  and  shadow, 
similar  to  that  observed  in  the  works  of  Caravaggio;  but  his  later 
style,  by  which  he  is  best  known,  is  remarkable  for  its  sweetness 
and  tenderness.  His  heads  show  the  influence  of  a  careful  study  of 
the  antique."    Guido  died  in  1642. 


14    VANDYCK,  SIR  A.  (1599-1641)  Antwerp 

The  Epiphany,  or  Adoration  of  the  Three  Kings 

The  church  yearly  celebrates  this,  almost  the  first  event  in  the 
human  life  of  the  infant  Savior.  The  Magi,  or,  as  tradition  has  it, 
the  "Three  Kings,"  having  seen  His  star  in  the  east,  have  come  to 
worship  Him  and  bring  gifts,  "gold,  frankincense  and  myrrh."  In 
the  center  of  the  picture,  clad  in  an  ermine  mantle,  his  jeweled  tur- 
ban lying  at  his  feet,  sits  one  of  the  kings,  tenderly  holding  the 
divine  infant,  whom  he  has  just  received  from  the  arms  of  the 
Virgin.  Close  beside  him,  to  the  right,  the  second  king,  a  Moor,  is 
bending  down  to  present  his  offering,  and  behind  him  appears  the 
figure  of  the  other  king.  To  the  left,  in  scarlet  robe  and  dark  drap- 
ery, stands  the  blessed  mother,  contemplating  her  son,  and  quite  in 
the  background  appears  the  head  of  St.  Joseph,  while  some  figures — 
attendants  of  the  Magi — fill  up  the  center  of  the  background.  There 
is  infinite  grace  and  simplicity  in  the  expression  and  attitude  of  the 
blessed  Virgin,  and  the  head  of  the  king  holding  the  infant  is  full 
of  wonderful  dignity,  individuality  and  veneration.  The  paintings 
of  Vandyck  are  very  numerous,  notwithstanding  the  shortness  of 
his  career. 


15    REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Expulsion  of  Hagar  (on  porcelain) 


16    HASENCLEVER,  JOHN  PETER  (after) 
Matrimonial  Scene 


"A"    ROSA,  SALVATORE  (1615-1673)       Neapolitan  Sehool 
The  Wild  Bull  Hunt 


17    EIBNER,  L. 

Freiburg  Cathedral 


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18  MUHR,  JULIUS  Munich 

Othello  and  Desdemona 

"These  things  to  hear, 
Would  Desdemona  seriously  incline." 

19  HAKL,  G.  Munich 

The  Exhortation 

20  BUSH,  NORTON  San  Francisco 

Under  the  Equator 

(Owned  by  Ladies'  Museum  Association) 

Norton  Bush  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1833.  He  studied 
under  James  Harris,  an  English  landscape  painter,  and  later  under 
Cropsey  and  Hart,  of  New  York.  He  came  to  California  in  1853, 
residing  in  San  Francisco  and  Martinez.  He  traveled  extensively 
in  Panama,  Nicaragua  and  Peru,  where  he  laid  the  foundation  of 
his  reputation  as  a  painter  of  tropical  scenery.  One  of  his  best 
known  works  is  "Mount  Diablo"  in  the  rooms  of  the  Society  of  Pio- 
neers, San  Francisco.  He  received  a  number  of  medals  from  various 
State  and  local  organizations.  Mr.  Bush  died  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  in 
1894. 

21  GLIEMAN,  A.  Dresden 

Girl  and  Pet  Dog 

22  BIENAIME,  J.  Paris 

The  Dangerous  Neighbor 

23  F.  ROFFIAEN,  and  EUG.  VERBOECKHOVEN 

Landscape  With  Animals 

Eugene  Verboeckhoven  was  born  in  1799  at  Warneton,  a  small 
village  in  Belgium.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Antwerp  Academy,  an 
officer  of  the  Order  of  Leopold,  a  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Commander  of  the  Portuguese  Order  of  Christ,  and  Chevalier  of  the 
Order  of  Merit  of  Bavaria.  Many  painters  who  have  risen  to  emi- 
nence have  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  art  in  his  studio  at  Brus- 
sels. 

24  ROUX,  CHARLES  Munich 

Cattle  Piece 

25  VANDYCK,  SIR  A.  (after) 

Madonna  and  Child 

26  DURER,  ALBERT  German  School 

St.  Joseph 

Albert  Durer,  the  painter  of  this  head  of  St.  Joseph  and  its  com- 
panion picture,  "The  Virgin  Mary,"  was  born  at  Nurnberg  in  1471. 
He  distinguished  himself  in  youth  by  his  exquisite  carvings,  and 
subsequently  adopted  painting  as  his  profession.  Albert  Durer  has 
been  styled  the  father  of  the  German  School  of  Painting  and  the 
Prince  of  Artists.    He  died  in  1528. 

27  DURER,  ALBERT  German  School 

The  Virgin  Mary 

28  VERONESE,  PAOLO  (1532-1583)  (after)  Venetian  School 

Christ  Bearing  the  Cross 

The  original  painting  is  in  the  Dresden  Gallery. 

29  DIETRICH,  FRANZ  Dresden 

Oedipus  and  Antigone 

On  discovery  that  he  had  been  guilty  of  the  double  crime  of 


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parricide  and  incest,  Oedipus  in  horror  put  out  his  eyes  and  exiled 
himself.  Led  by  his  daughter  Antigone,  he  proceeds  to  the  grove  of 
the  Furies  at  Colones,  where,  amid  thunder-peals,  he  is  removed 
from  earth. 

Advancing  along  a  dreary  and  rocky  road,  Antigone,  in  a  white 
garment  almost  completely  covered  by  violet  drapery,  which  veils 
without  concealing  her  beautiful  form,  is  putting  aside  the  briars 
from  her  father's  path  with  the  wand  in  her  right  hand;  her  head 
is  turned  towards  Oedipus,  who  on  his  daughter's  left  side  and  hold- 
ing her  hand,  advances  with  bowed  head  and  the  slow,  uncertain 
step  of  blindness.  The  dark  red  drapery  of  Oedipus  contrasts  ad- 
mirably with  his  silvery,  flowing  hair  and  beard. 

30  MARTUSTEIG,  F.  Weimar 

Ulrich  Von  Hutten  Seeking  Shelter 

Ulrich  Von  Hwtten,  born  in  Hesse  Cassel,  in  the  year  1488,  was 
placed  at  the  age  of  eleven  in  the  monastery  of  Fulda,  with  the 
intention  of  his  becoming  a  monk.  "When  fifteen  he  ran  away  from 
the  cloister  to  the  University  of  Erfurt,  where  he  joined  the  anti- 
monkish  party.  He  subsequently  became  a  great  scholar  and  re- 
former. He  died  in  Switzerland  in  1523.  No.  30  represents  him 
seeking  the  refuge  provided  for  him  by  Zwinglius,  in  the  house  of  a 
clergyman  named  Schuegg,  on  the  Island  of  Ufuan,  in  the  Lake  of 
Zurich. 

31  ADAM,  BENNO  (after) 

Town  Quarters 

The  original  of  this  picture  is  in  the  Royal  Bavarian  collection 
at  Schleissheim. 

32  TEIX  Dresden 

Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  and  Her  Husband,  with  Rlzzio 

On  the  evening  of  the  9th  of  March,  1566,  Lord  Darnley,  Ruthven, 
and  others,  entered  the  Queen's  apartments,  Holyrood  Palace,  and 
carried  out  their  fiendish  plot  of  assassinating  her  confidential  sec- 
retary and  favorite,  David  Rizzio,  before  the  eyes  of  his  royal  mis- 
tress. In  the  center  of  the  picture,  Mary  is  seated  in  an  attitude  of 
alarm,  her  right  hand  extended  towards  Rizzio,  as  if  to  protect  him. 
The  latter,  to  the  left,  surprise  and  terror  depicted  on  his  counte- 
nance, leans  back,  gazing  as  if  fascinated,  upon  Darnley,  who,  with 
outstretched  arm,  denounces  him  to  the  executioner.  In  the  back- 
ground, to  the  right,  the  Countess  of  Argyle  stands  near  the  door, 
a  terror-stricken  spectator  of  the  scene. 

33  MUHR,  JULIUS  Munich 

Banquet  of  Queen  Joanna  Near  Naples 

At  a  table,  covered  with  a  damask  cloth,  on  which  are  flowers, 
wines  and  sweetmeats,  ladies  and  cavaliers  are  seated  in  various 
attitudes,  all  more  cr  less  careless.  In  the  foreground,  to  the  right 
of  the  spectator,  sits  Queen  Joanna,  a  fair  woman,  of  beautiful 
form  and  feature.  She  is  clothed  in  white  satin;  some  drapery  of 
gold  brocade  is  thrown  across  her  lap,  which  is  full  of  flowers,  and 
the  tip  of  her  dainty  attired  foot  rests  on  a  richly  covered  stool. 
Her  head  is  turned  towards  the  gentlemen  on  her  left,  Prince  Louis 
of  Taranto,  who,  with  his  right  hand  on  his  heart,  is  evidently  mak- 
ing some  tender  protestation.  Behind  the  chairs  of  the  Queen  and 
her  favorite  stand  two  Moorish  boys,  holding  fans  of  peacock  feath- 
ers. To  the  left,  a  youth  and  maiden,  in  the  costume  of  the  Italian 
peasantry,  are  executing  a  national  dance  to  the  music  of  bagpipe 
and  flute.  In  the  background  attendants  are  bringing  in  fruit,  and 
on  the  extreme  right  of  the  picture  a  musician,  seated  on  a  stone 
fence,  and  two  lazzaroni  are  eagerly  gazing  upon  the  festive  scene. 
Between  the  vine-wreathed  pillars,  at  the  back  of  the  table,  we 
have  a  view  of  Vesuvius,  and  the  blue  waters  of  the  far-famed  Bay 
of  Naples. 

Queen  Joanna  reigned  from  1343  to  1382.  She  was  a  beautiful, 
but  unprincipled  woman,  who  caused  the  murder  of  her  first  hus- 
band in  1345.  and  was  married  three  times  afterwards.    She  was 


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suffocated  by  command  of  her  cousin  and  adopted  son,  Charles  of 
Durazi.o,  who  was  proclaimed  King  of  Naples  in  1382. 

34  WINTERSTEIN,  E. 

Charity 

35  RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (after) 

Descent  From  the  Cross 

36  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

The  Indian  Camp 

37  MULLER 

School  Examination 

38  PILOTY,  CARL  Munich 

The  Hurdy-Gurdy  Girl 

Professor  Piloty  was  born  in  1826,  and  was  for  years  Director  of 
the  Royal  Academy  of  Munich.  He  acquired  European  fame  by  two 
great  works,  which  of  their  kind  are  unrivaled:  The  "Death  of 
Wallenstein,"  and  "Nero  Walking  Among  the  Ruins  of  Rome."  He 
has  numerous  followers  and  imitators,  among  them  Lindenschmidt 
and  Toby  Rosenthal. 

39  UNKNOWN  English  School 

Boy  and  Falcon 


40  BERGEN 


The  Flageolet  Player 


41  KOCKERT,  J.  Munich 

St.  John's  Eve 

42  DIETRICH,  FRANZ  Dresden 

Proclamation  of  Peace  After  the  Thirty  Years'  War 

A  composition  containing  about  seventy  figures  in  the  foreground 
and  on  the  sides,  besides  an  immense  number  more  indistinctly 
seen  in  the  distance.  Young  and  old  have  come  without  the  town 
to  receive  the  glad  tidings  of  peace,  which  are  brought  by  twelve 
youths,  crowned  with  flowers  and  clad  in  flowing  garments,  who  are 
advancing  slowly  down  the  road.  One  bears  a  scroll  of  parchment 
in  his  left  hand,  the  others  carry  olive  branches.  Some  of  the 
people  are  on  their  knees,  while  others  stand  gazing  upwards,  in 
mute  gratitude  to  Heaven.  Here  and  there,  those  whom  the  cruel 
war  has  made  widows  and  fatherless,  indulge  in  silent  grief,  unable 
to  participate  in  the  universal  joy.  To  the  left  appear  the  steeples' 
and  buildings  of  a  town,  and  from  a  half  ruined  tower  flies  the 
white  flag  of  peace.  In  the  distance,  to  the  right,  troops  are  seen 
returning.  A  river,  the  Rhine,  probably,  winds  its  serpentine  course 
through  the  distant  landscape,  dotted  along  its  banks  with  towns 
and  villages,  and  castled  crags,  and  over  all,  in  the  blue  sky,  gleams 
the  rainbow  of  promise. 

43  SIEBOLD,  C.  1759 

Maria  Theresa,  Empress  of  Austria 

44  UNKNOWN 

Cavalry  Fight 

45  VERONESE,  PAOLO  (after) 

Abduction  of  Europa 

46  BURDE,  F.  Berlin 

Preaching  In  the  Woods 

47  DEKEYSER  (after) 

Raphael  Painting  the  Duchess  Joanna  of  Arragon 


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48  VAN  DER  WERFF,  ADRIAN  (after) 

Magdalen* 

The  small  painting  in  the  Royal  Pinakothek  in  Munich,  of  which 
this  is  a  copy,  is  considered  the  best  work  of  the  master. 

49  SALVATORE  ROSA  (after) 

Portrait 

50  HOLBEIN,  HANS  (after) 

Portrait  of  Martin  Luther 

51  VAN  AELST,  WILHELM  Dutch  School 

Roses  and  Butterfly 

52  MEISSNER,  ERNST 

Cattle  and  Sheep 

53  MINJON,  P.  H. 

Street  in  Ghent 

54  MUHLIG,  MENO 

Royal  Hunting  Feast 

55  VICTOR,  JAN  (1600-1670) 

Moses  in  the  Desert 

But  little  is  known  of  the  private  history  of  this  able  artist.  He 
was  of  Flemish  origin,  and  was  born  about  the  year  1600.  He 
studied  in  the  school  of  Rubens,  but  subsequently  adopted  the  man- 
ner of  Rembrandt,  and  so  closely  does  he  approach  that  master 
that  many  works  attributed  to  Rembrandt,  doubtless  owe  their  pa- 
ternity to  Jan  Victor,  and  only  a  duly  qualified  connoisseur  can 
discriminate  between  the  two.  Victor,  or  as  he  sometimes  signed 
his  pictures,  Fictoor,  usually  chose  his  subjects  from  the  Old  Testa- 
ment.   He  died  about  1670. 

56  HILL,  THOMAS  San  Francisco 

Grand  Canyon  of  the  Sierras — Yosemlte  Valley,  California 

Thomas  Hill  was  born  in  Birmingham,  England,  in  1829.  His 
family  came  to  America  in  1840,  and  settled  at  Taunton,  Mass.  He 
early  showed  artistic  talent,  his  first  important  work  being  painted 
in  Philadelphia  in  1853,  at  which  time  he  was  a  member  of  the  old 
Graphic  Club  and  also  of  the  Academy,  studying  in  the  life  class, 
of  which  Rothermel  was  president.  In  1853  he  took  his  first  medal 
at  the  Maryland  Institute,  Baltimore.  In  1861,  he  came  to  Califor- 
nia for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  Opening  a  studio  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, he  took  the  first  prize  of  the  Art  Union  for  his  "Trial  Scene 
in  the  Merchant  of  Venice."  He  went  to  Paris  in  1866,  and  studied 
with  Paul  Meyerheim,  after  which  he  devoted  himself  almost  exclu- 
sively to  landscape.  Taking  up  his  residence  in  Boston  in  1867,  he 
painted  several  notable  pictures,  amongst  others  "The  Yosemite 
Valley"  and  "White  Mountain  Notch."  Ill  health  compelled  him  to 
return  to  California,  where  he  was  soon  able  to  resume  the  success- 
ful career  began  in  the  East.  At  the  Centennial  Exposition,  Phila- 
delphia, 1876,  he  was  awarded  the  first  medal  for  landscape  paint- 
ing, the  subjects  being  "Donner  Lake"  and  "Yosemite  Valley" 
which  are  now  in  the  gallery  of  the  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  Univer- 
sity. Another  of  his  best  works,  "The  Great  Canon  of  the  Sierras," 
is  in  the  Crocker  Gallery  (No.  56).  This  picture  gained  the  New 
York  Pallette  Club  medal.  In  addition  to  these  honors,  Mr.  Hill 
has  received  a  number  of  other  medals. 

57  TITIAN,  VECELLI  (after) 

Lavinia,  Titian's  Daughter 


Munich 
Brussels 
Dresden 
Dutch 


58    BRETSCHNEIDER,  EDWARD 

Cordelia  and  King  Lear  In  Prison 


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59  JORDEANS,  JACOB  (1593)  Flemish  School 

The  Elated  Troubadour 

60  TEIX  Dresden 

Trial  of  Charles  the  First  of  England 

"On  the  20th  of  January,  1649,  the  sittings  of  the  tribunal  were 
opened  with  great  ceremony  at  Westminster  Hall,  and  although  the 
king  steadily  denied  the  authority  of  his  judges,  they  sentenced  him 
to  death  on  the  27th  of  January,  as  a  'Murderer,  Tyrant,  and  Enemy 
of  the  People.'  " 

Never  have  the  misfortunes  of  a  prince  furnished  more  themes 
for  poet  and  painter,  than  those  of  him  who  has  been  alternately 
represented  as  a  royal  martyr,  or  an  execrable  tyrant.  But  the 
calm  dignity  with  which  he  bore  his  misfortunes,  his  unaffected 
piety  and  his  attachment  to  the  church,  must  win  for  him  the 
respect  of  even  those  most  opposed  to  him  in  politics  and  religion. 

61  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

Return  From  the  Hunt 


62  RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (after) 

The  Garland  of  Fruit 

63  WEBER,  ANTOINE  Paris 

The  Response 

64  DEKEYSER,  THEODORE  (after) 

Vandyck  Bidding  Adieu  to  Rubens 

65  REINHOLD,  BERNHARD  Dresden 

Young  Mason  Eating  His  Dinner 

66  BATONI,  POMPEO  GIROLAMO  (after) 

Magdalene 

The  famous  picture  in  the  Dresden  Gallery,  of  which  this  is  a 
copy,  is  conceded  by  all  to  be  Batoni's  masterpiece. 

Batoni  was  born  at  Lucca,  Italy,  in  1708,  and  died  in  1781. 

67  UNKNOWN 

The  Declaration 

68  OSTADE,  ISAAC  VAN  (1612)  Dutch  School 

Women  Fighting 

69  UNKNOWN 

Fisherman 

70  PLUDDEMANN  (after) 

Barbarossa 

71  MURILLO.  BARTHOLOME  ESTEBAN     Spanish  School 

A  Gypsy 

In  this  picture  the  connoisseur  recognizes  at  a  glance  the  master 
hand  of  Murillo.  The  squalid  attire  and  surroundings  of  the  weird, 
witch-like  creature,  the  attendant  ape,  fit  companion  for  a  being 
who  appears  scarcely  human  in  her  repulsive  hideousness,  are  por- 
trayed with  wonderful  art  and  expression,  and  reveal  the  touch  of 
him,  in  whom  "all  the  glories  of  Spanish  art  were  united,  as  it 
were,  into  one  focus."  Murillo,  like  Rubens,  the  only  master  of  his 
age  that  can  be  compared  with  him  in  talent,  "possessed  an  almost 
incredible  fertility,  a  widely  extended  reputation,  and  most  amiable 
qualities." 

Bartholome  Esteban  Murillo  was  born  at  the  little  town  of 
Pilas,  near  Seville,  in  1618,  and  died  in  1686. 


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72  KAULBACH,  HERMANN  Munich 

The  First  Confession 

73  SCHOLTZ,  JULIUS 

German  Peasant  Wedding 

74  MAIER,  A. 

Veteran  Teaching  His  Boy 

75  WOLF,  F. 

The  Love  Letter 

76  MARC,  W.  Munich 

Equality  of  Rank 

77  HAHN,  WILHELM  San  Francisco 

Market  Scene,  Sansome  Street,  San  Francisco 

78  HUBNER,  CARL  Dusseldorf 

The  Village  on  Fire 

In  this  magnificent  painting,  Hubner  has  represented  in  the 
most  vivid  colors  all  the  horrors  of  a  conflagration. 

79  UNKNOWN  Russian  School 

Pope  of  Greek  Church 

80  VERONESE,  PAOLO  (after) 

The  Marriage  In  Cana 

The  original  of  this  painting  is  in  the  Dresden  Gallery. 

81  QUELLINUS,  ERASMUS  Flemish  School 

St.  Antonius 

Quellinus  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1607,  and  died  in  1678. 

82  CHOULANT,  THEODORE  Dresden 

View  in  Venice 

83  AERTTINGER 

Invasion  of  Persia  by  the  Russians  Under  Prince  Pascovltch  In  1829 

84  HASENCLEVER,  JOHN  PETER  Dusseldorf 

The  Examination  of  Hieronymus  Jobs 

85  ACHENBACH,  C. 

Festival  and  Fireworks  by  Moonlight  at  Resina  Italy 

86  LANDSEER  (after) 

The  Horse  Shoer 

87  RISSE,  R. 

The  Sleeping  Beauty 

88  BAER,  PROF.  Dresden 

The  Anabaptists 

In  front  of  his  dwelling,  in  Munster,  Johann  von  Leyden  is  bap- 
tizing the  daughter  of  his  prophet,  Dusentschuer,  whom  he  after- 
wards married.  On  his  left  stand  his  co-regents:  Rollman,  the 
priest,  holding  the  book,  "de  libertate  Christiana,"  under  his  arm, 
and  Knipperdolling,  in  executioner's  garb,  with  the  sword.  Behind 
these  appear  two  of  his  twelve  dukes,  the  co-regents  of  the  world. 
In  the  foreground,  a  kneeling  monk,  seized  with  fanaticism,  is 
pressing  forward  to  the  anabaptism.    In  obedience  to  the  king's 


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command,  that  all  gold  and  silver  is  to  be  delivered  up  to  him,  a 
maiden  is  bringing  her  trinkets  and  valuables  to  lay  at  the  sov- 
ereign's feet.  Attired  in  her  white  baptismal  robes,  Dusentschuer's 
daughter,  the  picture  of  innocence  and  devotion,  kneels  before 
Johann,  and  receives  upon  her  bowed  head  the  water  of  anabaptism. 
The  boy,  holding  the  vessel  of  water,  was  a  natural  son  of  the 
Bishop  of  Munster.  and  in  his  captivity  served  as  page  to  the  king. 
His  garments  are  blue  and  brown,  to  typify  that  his  king  is  Lord 
of  Heaven  and  Earth.  Behind  the  maiden  kneels  Dusentschuer,  the 
second  John  the  Baptist.  Instead  of  a  sheepskin,  a  wolfskin  covers 
his  shoulders,  and  on  his  banner  is  inscribed  the  sanguinary  motto 
of  the  Anabaptists:  "dat  Wort  is  Flesch  worden."  By  his  side 
appears  Hilla,  the  new  Judith,  in  a  state  of  ecstasy.  Behind  her 
follow  groups  of  the  people,  representing  Stupidity,  Remorse,  Indo- 
lence, and  Anguish  of  Mind.  Armed  men  mingle  in  the  crowd,  for 
the  protection  of  the  newly  established  Zion.  Albot,  Burgomaster 
of  Munster,  and  his  wife,  both  heartily  grieved  at  the  new  regime 
of  the  fanatics,  are  seen  at  the  window  immediately  overlooking 
this  scene.  The  Ludgheri  Church  is  visible  in  the  background,  but 
as  if  to  carry  out  the  words  of  Scripture,  that  whatsoever  exalteth 
itself  shall  be  humbled,  its  spire  is  broken.  Pictures  and  books  are 
being  burned  in  the  square  in  front  of  the  church,  for  New  Zion 
has  her  King  and  her  Prophets. 

The  above  description  of  the  painting — "The  Anabaptists" — was 
written  by  the  poet  Julius  Mosen. 

89  GENZ,  W.  Berlin 

Egyptian  Harem  Taking  a  Walk 

90  ECKHOUT,  G.  VAN  DEN  (1621-1674)  Dutch  School 

Christ  at  Emmaus 

91  THOMPSON,  H.  London 

One  of  the  First  Smokers 

92  REYNTJENS,  H.  E.  Paris 

A  Jolly  Party 

93  VAN  DER  WERF,  PETER  Dutch  School 

Medor  and  Angelica 

(From  Ariosto's  "Orlando  Furioso") 
Peter  Van  der  Werf  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Rotterdam  in 
1665.  A  pupil  of  his  elder  brother,  Adrian,  he  copied  the  latter's 
works  in  the  same  tone  of  coloring  and  delicate  manner  of  pencil- 
ing. In  painting  from  his  own  designs  he  imitated  his  brother  so 
closely  that  his  pictures  have  sometimes  passed  for  Adrian's  works, 
although  they  are  inferior  to  them.    He  died  in  1718. 

94  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

The  Love  Chase 

It  was  customary  with  the  Arabs,  when  a  young  man  wooed  the 
daughter  of  a  Sheik,  that  the  father  should  give  his  best  horse  to 
the  maiden,  and  another  to  her  suitor.  If  the  girl  was  favorably 
disposed  toward  the  intended  bridegroom,  she  would  rein  in  her 
steed,  thus  giving  him  an  opportunity  of  overtaking  her;  if,  on  the 
contrary,  she  disliked  him,  she  urged  her  horse  to  its  utmost  speed. 
This  picture  represents  a  fair  lady,  evidently  extremely  willing  to 
be  captured,  and  giving  her  lover  every  possible  opportunity  of 
winning  the  prize.  In  the  background  are  seated  the  respective 
fathers  of  the  young  couple,  while,  according  to  Arab  custom,  a 
camel  stands  ready  to  carry  home  the  bride. 

95  VOLLMAR  Munich 

Paying  His  Addresses 

96  REMBRANDT  (School  of) 

Portrait 


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97  GILLE,  ROBERT 

Portrait 

98  MENGS,  CAV.  ANTONIO  RAFAELLE  German 

Portrait  of  a  Nobleman 

99  HIDDEMANN,  F.  Munich 

Return  Home  From  America 

101    VAN  DE  VELDE,  ADRIAN  Dutch  School 

Cattle  Piece 

Adrian  Van  de  Velde  was  born  at  Amsterdam  in  1639.  "He  was 
a  scholar  of  Jan  Wynants,  and  ranks  almost  as  high  as  Paul  Potter; 
for  if  inferior  to  him  in  the  energy  of  conception  displayed  in  his 
cattle,  in  plastic  modeling  and  breadth  of  solid  execution,  he  excels 
him  in  variety  of  subject,  in  taste  for  composition,  delicacy  of 
drawing,  and  in  a  certain  warmth  and  sweetness  of  feeling."  He 
has,  however,  this  in  common  with  Paul  Potter — that  he  was  a  dis- 
tinguished artist  by  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  that  he  died  young, 
namely,  at  the  age  of  thirty-two. 

103  DE  CAWER,  L.  Ghent 

Terrier  and  Puppies 

104  VAN  DER  WERF,  PETER  Dutch  School 

Diana  and  a  Nymph 

105  UNKNOWN 

Children 

106  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

Caught  in  the  Act 

107  BUSH,  N.  San  Francisco 

Soda  Springs,  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains 

108  POTTER,  PAUL  Dutch  School 

Landscape  With  Animals 

Paul  Potter  was  born  at  Enckhuysen  in  1625.  He  made  such 
astonishing  progress  in  the  study  of  painting,  that  he  ranked,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen,  as  a  finished  artist.  "Of  the  masters  who  have 
striven  pre-eminently  after  truth,  he  is,  beyond  all  question,  one 
of  the  greatest  that  ever  lived."    He  died  at  Amsterdam  in  1654. 

109  VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 

Flight  of  Maria  D'Este,  Queen  of  James  II  of  England, 
from  Whitehall 

"Maria  Beatrice  d'Este,  Princess  of  Modena,  was  only  fifteen 
years  old,  and  remarkably  beautiful,  when  married  to  James  II, 
then  old  enough  to  be  her  grandfather,  and  was  to  him  through  all 
the  troubles  and  vicissitudes  of  his  later  fortunes,  the  most  tender 
and  devoted  wife." 

This  beautiful  picture  represents  her  flight  from  Whitehall  with 
her  infant  son  on  the  night  of  December  13th,  1688.  But  a  small 
group  of  trusty  adherents  are  present  to  witness  the  sad  scene. 
Supported  by  the  hand  of  the  French  Due  de  Lauzun,  the  Queen  is 
about  to  step  into  the  open  boat,  but  turns  her  beautiful  face  to 
look  a  last  farewell  upon  the  palace  that  will  henceforth  know  her 
sweet  presence  no  more.  The  royal  babe  is  borne  behind  her,  and 
leaning  against  a  pillar,  the  "ancient  servitor"  covers  his  face. 

110  NEEFS,  PETER,  The  Elder  Flemish  School 

Church  Interior 

Painting  interiors  of  Gothic  churches  was  the  chosen  province 


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of  this  painter.  His  style  is  similar  to  that  of  his  master,  Steen- 
wyck,  whom  he,  however,  excels  in  power  and  warmth  of  tone. 
Neefs  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1570,  and  died  in  1651. 

111  Old  German  School,  Fifteenth  Century 

Holy  Family 

112  LEYDEN,  LUCAS  VAN  Dutch  School 

Abraham  Offering  Isaac 

Luc  Jacobez,  called  Lucas  van  Leyden,  may  justly  be  considered 
the  Patriarch  of  the  Dutch  School.  Born  at  Leyden  in  1494,  "he 
followed  that  realistic  tendency,  in  the  treatment  of  sacred  sub- 
jects, which  Huber  van  Eyck  had  so  grandly  tracked,  and  lowered 
it  greatly  from  its  previous  elevation.  His  heads,  for  instance,  are 
generally  of  a  very  ugly  character;  at  the  same  time,  his  form  of 
art  found  sympathy  in  the  feeling  of  the  period."    He  died  in  1533. 

113  BACKHUYSEN,  L.  Dutch  SchooJ 

Shipwreck 

Ludolf  Backhuysen,  born  at  Embden  in  1631,  commenced  his  art 
studies  only  in  his  eighteenth  year,  and  devoted  himself  with  great 
ardor  to  marine  painting,  his  representations  of  the  "fearful  ele- 
ment" speedily  raising  his  reputation  higher  than  even  that  of  W. 
Van  de  Velde.    Backhuysen  died  at  Amsterdam  in  1709. 

U4    LITSCHAUR,  K.  J. 

Armorer  and  Raven 

115  Z1MMERMANN,  REINHARD  SEBASTIAN  Munich 

The  Circulating  Library 

116  TITIAN,  VECELLI  (after)  (1477-1576) 

Spring 

117  TITIAN,  VECELLI  (after) 

Bacchante 

118  VAN  DER  MEULEN,  PETER  Flemish  School 

Landscape  with  Cattle 

119  METZU,  GABRIEL  (after) 

The  Game  Dealer 

J  20    BREUGHEL,  PETER,  The  Younger        Flemish  School 
Feasting  and  Dancing  in  Holland 

121    HEMLING,  JOHN  (1440-1499)  Flemish  School 

Triptych 

124  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

The  Soldier's  Return 

125  BAUMGARTNER,  P.  Munich 

Blacksmith  Shop  In  the  Bavarian  Alps 

126  LUINI,  BERNARDINO  (1480-1530)         Milanese  School 

Madonna  and  Child 

Bernardino  Luini  was  born  at  Luino,  on  Lago  Maggiore,  about 
the  year  1480.  He  was  a  disciple  of  Leonardo  da  Vinci,  and  the 
most  celebrated  imitator  of  that  master's  style.  Some  uncertainty 
exists  concerning  the  exact  date  of  his  death,  but  it  was  subsequent 
io  the  year  1530.    Professor  Ruskin  said  of  Luini,  in  his  Oxford 


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Lecture  on  Sculpture,  that  "he  alone  of  mediaeval  artists  could 
combine  beauty  and  saintliness." 

127    SIEBOLD,  C.  (after) 

Portrait  of  an  Old  Man 


129  SIEBOLD,  C.  (after) 

Portrait  of  an  Old  Woman 

130  BORGOGNISSANTI,  LUIGI  PISANI 

St.  Dorothea 

131  LANDSEER  (after) 

Pride  and  Humility 

132  SEYDEL,  ED. 

Saxon  Tavern 

133  SEYDEL,  ED. 

Quieting  the  Baby 

134  LINDENSCHMIDT,  WILHELM 

Andrea  Proles  Teaching  Young  Luther 


MULLER,  MORITZ 


Rome 

Dresden 
Dresden 
Munich 
Munich 

Italian 
Italian 


Tyrolean  Country  House 

136  PESNE,  ANTOINE  (after) 

Girl  With  Pigeons 

137  BOCCAL1NO,  ANTONIO 

Architectural  Ruins  In  Rome 

138  BOCCALINO,  ANTONIO 

Architectural  Ruins  in  Rome 

139  RAPHAEL,  SANZIO  (after) 

La  Perle 

Philip  IV  of  Spain,  who  had  purchased  the  picture  from  the 
Gallery  of  Charles  I,  is  said  to  have  exclaimed,  on  seeing  it: 
"This  is  my  Pearl!"  hence  its  name. 

140  MUNSCH,  J.  Munich 

Wedding  Procession  In  Bavarian  Tyrol 

141  BUSH,  N.  San  Francisco 

Scene  In  Nicaragua 

142  ROSA,  SALVATORE  (1615-1673)         Neapolitan  School 

Waterfall 

"B"    FRANCK,  AMBROSE  (1549)  Flemish  School 

St.  John  Preaching  in  the  Wilderness 

143  UNKNOWN 


144    SIEBOLD,  C. 


The  Milkmaid 


Portrait 


145    AMERIGHI,  MICHEL  ANGELO  (after) 
The  False  Players 

Michel  Angelo  Amerighi,  surnamed  Caravaggio,  was  born  at 


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Milan  in  156S,  and  died  in  1609.  He  has  made  himself  famous  for 
the  impressive  truth  of  his  productions,  and  his  pictures  may  to  a 
certain  extent,  be  regarded  as  typical  of  his  life,  portraying,  as 
they  do,  mere  especially  the  passionate  and  gloomy  emotions  of 
the  human  heart. 

146  BRAMER,  LEONARD  Dutch  School 

Crowning  of  Christ 

"And  they  stripped  Him,  and  put  on  Him  a  scarlet  robe.  And 
when  they  had  plaited  a  crown  of  thorns  they  put  it  upon  His 
head,  and  they  bowed  the  knee  before  Him  and  mocked  Him,  say- 
ing: 'Hail,  King  of  the  Jews!'  "—Matthew  XXVII,  28,29.  Bramer's 
style  resembles  that  of  Rembrandt.  He  was  born  at  Delft  in 
1596;  the  year  of  his  death  is  unknown. 

147  VIGNALI,  JACOPO  Florentine  School 

Name  Unknown 

Vignali  was  born  at  Florence  in  1592.  Although  a  disciple  of 
Matteo  Rosetti,  his  style  bears  more  resemblance  to  that  of  Guer- 
cino.  Among  the  many  scholars  who  do  honor  to  the  teaching  of 
Jacopo  Vignali,  the  name  of  Carlo  Dolce  stands  pre-eminent.  He 
died  in  1664. 

148  HEIMERDINGER,  FREDERICK  Hamburg 

The  Hunter's  Cabin 

149  EVERSON,  A.  The  Hague 

View  Taken  In  Utrecht 

150  ZIMMERMANN,  REINHARD  SEBASTIAN  Munich 

The  Fisherman's  Return 

151  KEITH,  WILLIAM  San  Francisco 

Mount  Baker,  Puget  Sound,  Oregon 

152  BREUGHEL,  PETER,  The  Elder  Dutch  School 

The  Blind  Hurdy  Gurdy  Player 

Peter,  or  as  he  was  frequently  called,  Peasant  Breughel,  was 
born  near  Breda  about  1510,  and  died  at  Antwerp  in  1569.  He  chose 
the  various  forms  of  peasant  life  as  the  chief  subjects  of  his  art. 

153  BREKELENCAMP,  QUERINUS  Dutch  School 

The  Musicians 

This  artist  lived  about  1650.  Although  a  scholar  of  Gerard 
Douw,  he  did  not  follow  his  master's  style,  but  formed  one  of  his 
own  which  partook  of  the  manner  of  both  Rembrandt  and  Douw. 
His  pictures  represent  usually  interiors  of  Dutch  cottages  with 
figures. 

154  BEERSTRATEN,  T.  VAN  Dutch  School 

Winter  Landscape  In  Holland 

155  POUSSIN,  NICHOLAS  French  School 

Landscape  Near  Rome 

Poussin,  a  leading  master  of  the  French  School  of  Art,  is  cele- 
brated for  his  landscapes  with  scriptural  and  classical  figures.  He 
was  born  at  Andely.  in  Normandy,  in  1594,  and  died  at  Rome  in 
1665,  at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy-one. 

156  DE  BRUYN,  THEODORE  French  School 

Landscape  with  Cattle 

Theodore  de  Bruyn,  a  native  of  France  or  Switzerland,  flourished 


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in  the  middle  of  the  18th  century.  He  is  noted  as  a  painter  of 
landscape  and  cattle,  and  also  imitated  bas  reliefs  very  successfully. 
An  example  of  his  skill  in  the  latter  department  may  be  seen  in  the 
chapel  of  Greenwich  Hospital. 


157 


JARDIN,  KAREL  DU 

Cavalier  in  Cellar 


Dutch  School 


This  delightful  artist  was  born  at  Amsterdam  in  1640.  After 
leaving-  the  studio  of  Nicholas  Berghem,  whose  ablest  pupil  he  was 
most  unquestionably,  he  proceeded  to  Rome  to  perfect  himself 
there,  by  further  study  of  the  great  masters.  He  soon  rose  to  dis- 
tinction, his  pictures  being  more  highly  esteemed  in  the  "ancient 
city"  than  those  of  any  of  his  countrymen.  He  died  in  Venice  in 
the  year  1678. 


158  ANDREA, 


DEL  SARTO 

Madonna  and  Child 

Andrea  Vannuchi,  surnamed  del  Sarto, 
in  1488,  and  died  of  the  plague  in  1530. 


Florentine  School 


was  born  at  Florence, 


159  HEINZ,  J.  (after) 

Lot  and  His  Daughters 

Original  in  the  Dresden  Gallery. 

160  ADAM,  BENNO 


161 


162 


163 


164 


165 


Horses  in  Pasture 
VAN  DER  VENNE,  A. 


Munich 


Munich 


The  Gypsy  Halt 
Scene  In  Nicaragua 


BUSH,  N. 
UNKNOWN 

Garibaldi  on  Caprera  Island 
MUHLIG,  MENO 

Feeding  Chickens 

CIGNANI  (after) 

Victory  Over  Sensuality 


San  Francisco 


Dresden 


The  original  picture,  by  the  master  hand  of  Carlo  Cignani  (1628- 
1719),  adorns  the  walls  of  the  Dresden  Gallery. 


166  BERGHEM, 


NICHOLAS 
Landscape  with  Animals 


Dutch  School 


Nicholas  Klass  Berghem,  "one  of  the  most  original  and  charm- 
ing of  Dutch  landscape  painters,"  was  born  at  Harlem  in  1624,  and 
died  in  1683. 


167 


Dutch  School 


168 


Dutch  School 


POTTER,  PAUL  (1625-1654) 

Landscape  with  Animals 

VAN  DE  VELDE,  WILLIAM 
Marine 

Born  at  Amsterdam  in  1633,  and  died  in  1707. 

169    GIORDANO,  LUCA  Neapolitan  School 

Apollo  and  the  Muses 

To  the  greatest  among  modern  artists,  belongs  Spagnaletto's 
pupil,  the  rapid  painter  Luca  Giordano,  surnamed  Fa  Presto.  He 
was  born  at  Naples  in  1632,  and  died  at  the  same  place  in  1705. 


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171  DENNY,  G.  J.  San  Francisco 

Golden  Gate 

172  RIBERA,  JOSE  (1589-1656)  Spanish  School 

Magdalena 

Josef  Ribera.  called  II  Spagnaletto,  was  born  at  Xativa  in  1589. 
In  due  time  he  became  a  pupil  of  Caravaggio,  whose  powerful  and 
effective  style  possessed  a  particular  attraction  for  Ribera.  "His 
genius  led  him  to  paint  gloomy  and  austere  subjects,  which  were 
peculiarly  acceptable  to  the  Neapolitans  and  Spaniards,  such  as 
hermits  and  saints  emaciated  by  abstinence  and  severity."  Ribera 
died  at  Naples  in  1656. 

173  SCHALKEN,  GODFREY  (1643-1706)  Dutch  School 

Woman  at  the  Fireplace 

174  CARRACCI,  LUDOVICO  Bolognese  School 

Christ  and  the  Samaritan  Woman 

Represents  the  well-known  scene  at  Jacob's  Well.  Luke  IV,  v. 
6-26.  A  scholar  of  Fontana  and  Tintoretto,  Ludovico  Carracci 
became  the  founder  of  the  most  important  of  the  Eclectic  Schools 
at  Bologna.  His  style  has  been  considered  by  several  of  the  best 
judges  of  the-  art,  as  that  which  approaches  nearest  perfection.  He 
was  born  at  Bologna  in  1555,  and  died  in  1619. 

175  CRANACK,  LUCAS 

The  Crucifixion 

176  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Spinning  Wheel  and  Sewing  Machine 

177  DIETHE,  A. 

Roman  Girl 

178  NAUMANN,  P.  Munich 

The  Politicians 

179  TINTORETTO,  IL  Venetian  School 

Venetian  Senator 

Giacomo  Robusti,  born  at  Venice  in  1512,  received  from  his 
father's  occupation  of  dyer,  the  nickname  of  II  Tintoretto,  by  which 
ho  is  best  known.  A  contemporary  of  Paolo  Veronese,  he  became 
for  a  short  time  the  pupil  of  Tiziano,  whose  follower  he  always 
remained.    Died  1594. 

180  RUBENS  (School  of) 

Allegory 

181  M'KEE,  MISS  MARY  Sacrameno,  Cal. 

Landscape 

182  UNKNOWN  Flemish  School 

Beer  House  Scene 

183  ROSA,  SALVATORE  Neapolitan  School 

Landscape  with  Waterfall 

Salvator  Rosa  was  born  at  Naples  in  1615.  He  was  a  pupil  and 
follower  of  Spagnaletto,  and  died  at  Rome  in  1673. 

184  DIETRICH,  C.  W.  E.  German  School 

Portrait 

Christian  William  Ernst  Dietrich  was  born  at  Weimar  in  1812, 
and  died  at  Dresden  in  1774. 


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185  UNKNOWN 

The  First  Drink  of  Beer 

186  ZIMMERMANN,  JULIUS 

The  Tourists 

187  KNAUS,  L.  (after) 

The  False  Gamblers 

188  SNYDERS,  FRANCIS  Flemish  School 

Still  Life 

This  distinguished  artist,  who  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1579, 
confined  himself  for  some  time  entirely  to  painting-  fruit  and  objects 
of  still  life,  in  which  he  excelled;  but  later  devoted  himself  to  ani- 
mals and  hunting-  scenes,  which  he  painted  with  a  fire  and  spirit 
unequaled  by  any  master  who  has  succeeded  him.  Snyders  died  at 
Antwerp  in  1657. 

189  TITIAN,  VECELLI  (after) 

Flora 

190  UNKNOWN  Dutch  School 

Cavalry  Fight 

191  OSTADE..  ISAAC  VAN  '  Dutch  School 

Tavern  Scene 

Isaac  Van  Ostade,  born  at  Harlem  in  1612,  was  the  younger 
brother  of  the  more  famous  Adrian,  from  whom  he  received  his 
artistic  education.  His  works  consists  of  landscapes  with  figures 
and  cattle,  as  well  as  interiors  of  peasant  life,  country  festivities 
and  similar  subjects  in  the  style  of  his  brother.  He  died  about  the 
year  1654. 

192  NAHL,  CHAS.  C.  San  Francisco 

Evening  on  the  Sacramento  River 

193  BAROCCIO,  FEDERIGO  (1528-1612)         Roman  School 

Study 

194  BEMMEL,  WM.  VAN  Dutch  School 

Diana  and  Mars 

Bemmel  was  born  at  Utrecht  in  1630.  He  spent  many  years  in 
Italy  and  Germany,  and  finally  settled  in  Nuremberg.  He  excelled 
in  landscape  painting,  and  died  in  1703  at  the  age  of  73. 

195  KELS,  F.  Dusseldorf 

The  Whispered  Secret 

196  MUNSCH,  J.  Munich 

Soldier  and  Peasant  Boy 

197  VENIUS,  OTTO.  Dutch  School 

Christ  and  Martha 

Otto  Venius  was  born  at  Leyden  in  1556,  and  spent  many  years 
in  Italy,  where  he  was  the  pupil  of  Zuccaro.  On  his  return,  he 
passed  some  time  in  Germany,  in  the  service  of  the  Emperor,  and 
finally  established  himself  in  Antwerp,  where  he  became  the  in- 
structor of  Rubens.  Venius  was  appointed  principal  painter  to 
Archduke  Albert,  which  position  he  retained  until  his  death  in  1634. 

198  DENNY,  G.  J.  San  Francisco 

Towing  the  Old  "Veteran"  Into  San  Francisco  Harbor 


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199  BREUGHEL,  JOHN  Flemish  School 

Landscape 

John  Breughel  was  born  at  Brussels  in  1589,  and  died  at  Antwerp 
in  1642.  There  were  four  painters  of  this  name  living  about  the 
same  time.  John  Breughel  was  distinguished  as  the  "Velvet  Breug- 
hel," because  he  was  generally  dressed  in  velvet,  an  expensive 
habit,  and  one  unusual  for  painters  in  those  days. 

200  UNKNOWN  Dutch  School 

Head 

201  ROOS,  H.  (1631-1685)  Dutch  School 

Animals 

202  CANTON,  S. 

Watering  Cattle 

203  NEUSTATTER,  L. 

Children  Frightened  by  a  Chimney  Sweep 

204  MILLER,  JOSEPH 

The  First  Smoke 

205  FISCHER,  AUGUST 

Soldier  of  the  Thirty  Years'  War 

206  MANSEAU,  A. 

Francis  Joseph,  Emperor  of  Austria 

207  MULLER,  MORITZ  Munich 

Italian  Wedding  Party  at  Night 

208  SCHONBERR,  C.  Dresden 

Lazarus  and  the  Rich  Man 

209  POST,  E.  C. 

Dutch  Luggers 

210  VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 

Presentation  of  Merino  Sheep  to  the  Elector  of  Saxony 
by  the  Spanish  Ambassador 

211  BREUGHEL,  JOHN  (1589-1642)  Flemish  School 

River  Scene  In  Holland 

212  UNKNOWN 

The  Capsized  Sleigh 

213  BUSH.  N.  San  Francisco 

Catskill  Mountains 

"C"    TITIAN,  VECELLI  (afer) 

Jupiter  and  Antiope 

The  original  is  in  the  Royal  Pinakothek  at  Munich. 

"D"    MARTINELLI  (after) 

The  Temptation 

"E"    DROOCH  SLOOT,  J.  C.  Dutch  School 

Holland  Harvest  Feast 


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214  KEITH,  WILLIAM  San  Francisco 

Mount  Hood,  Oregon 

215  QUERFURTH,  AUGUSTUS  (1696-1761)    German  School 

Train  of  Merchants  Attacked  by  Highwaymen 

216  VOLTZ,  LUDWIG  Munich 

The  Faithful  Watch 

217  VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 

Schiller  at  Loschwltz 

218  VERONESE,  CARLETTO  Venetian  School 

Christ  at  Simon's  Table 

Although  decidedly  inferior  to  him,  Carletto,  the  eldest  son  of 
Paolo  Veronese,  belongs  to  the  most  successful  imitators  of  his 
father's  style.  He  was  born  at  Venice  in  1570,  and  died  in  1596  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six. 

219  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 
Armorer  at  Work,  and  a  Cavalier  Admiring  His  Daughter 

220  NAUMANN,  P.  Munich 

The  Letter  Carrier 

221  ROBBE  Brussels 

Cattle  Piece 

222  MOLA,  PIETRO  FRANCISCO  Roman  School 

Abraham  Offering  Isaac 

This  artist  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Como  in  the  year  1609, 
and  died  at  Rome  in  1665.  Price  says:  "There  is  hardly  any  painter 
whose  pictures  more  immediately  catch  the  eye  of  a  connoisseur 
than  those  of  Mola,  or  that  less  attract  the  notice  of  a  person 
unused  to  painting." 

223  BROOKS,  S.  M.  San  Francisco 

Still  Life 

224  ROEGGE,  WILHELM 

Faust's  Marguerite 

225  BAKOFKY  Moscow 

Vanity 

226  CANTON,  S. 

A  Shipwreck 

"F"    RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (after) 

Abduction  of  Europa 

"G"    STRONG,  E. 

Scared  Deer 

227  KEITH,  WILLIAM  San  Francisco 

Mount  Shasta,  California 

228  WOUVERMANN,  PHILIP  Dutch  School 

Cattle  Market 

This  admired  painter  was  born  at  Harlem  in  1620,  and  died  at 


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the  same  place  in  1668.  His  pictures  usually  represent  hawking 
parties,  halts  of  travelers,  encampments,  horse  fairs,  and  all  sub- 
jects into  which  he  could  introduce  horses,  which  he  treated  with 
unequaled  spirit  and  correctness. 


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230 

231 

232 

233 

234 

235 

236 

237 

238 

239 

240 
241 

242 

"H" 

243 
244 


JACOBI,  E. 

Reading  of  the  Will 

GAREIS,  ANTON 

Shepherd's  Festival 

(From  Shakespeare's  Winter'.' 

ZIMMERMANN,  R.  S.  (after) 

The  News  Readers 

MIREVELDT,  MICHAEL  JANSEN 
Portrait 


Berlin 
Prague 


Tale) 


Dutch  School 


MEISSNER,  ERNST  Dresden 
Returning  from  Work 

GROOT,  J.  DE  Brussels 
Interior  of  a  Belgian  Cottage 

BRUNNER,  HANS  Munich 
Hunting  Scene 

VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 
Mining  Allegory 

POUSSIN,  GASPAR  DUGHET  (School  of) 
Landscape 

QUERFURTH,  AUGUSTUS  (1696-1761)   German  School 
The  Duke  of  Malborough  and  His  Staff 


UNKNOWN 


Landscape 


CHINESE  PICTURE 

HONDEKOETER,  MELCHIOR 
Fowls 

CHINESE  PICTURE 
BIECHL1NG,  C. 

Old  Fort  in  Winter 

CORREGGIO,  ANTONIO  DA  (after) 
The  Doctor 

GRAF,  ANTHONY 

Portrait  of  Joseph  Boruslawsky 


Dutch  School 


Dutch  School 


Swiss 


Anthony  Graf,  an  eminent  Swiss  portrait  painter,  was  born  at 
Winterthur  in  1736.  In  1766  he  was  appointed  painter  to  the  Court 
of  Saxony,  and  settled  in  Dresden,  where  he  died  in  1813. 


245    MUHR,  JULIUS 


Munich 


The  Nuns 


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246  SOMER,  JAN  VAN  (1645-1716)  Dutch  School 

Portrait  of  a  Royal  Princess 

247  CARRACCI,  A.  Bolognese  School 

Venus  and  Cupid 

248  FRANCKEN,  FRANCIS  Flemish  School 

Persian  Sacrifice 

This  artist  was  born  at  Antwerp  about  1546,  studied  under 
Francis  Floris,  and  was  received  into  the  Academy  at  Antwerp  in 
1581.  His  most  esteemed  work  is  an  altar  piece,  which  he  painted 
for  the  cathedra]  of  that  city. 

249  BRIGGS 

Pyramid  Peak,  on  Russian  River,  California 

250  RITSCHEL,  WM. 

Monterey  Coast 

251  JANET,  FRANCOIS  French  School 

High  Life  in  the  Sixteenth  Century 

This  artist  flourished  at  Paris  in  1547. 

252  UNKNOWN  Flemish  School 

Bacchus  and  Ariadne 

253  HOLZER,  JOHN  German  School 

Vision  of  St.  Augustine 

John  Holzer,  a  German  historical  painter,  was  born  in  1708  in 
the  Tyrol.    The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown. 

254  MULLER,  M.  Munich 

The  Green  Tree 

Scene  at  the  "Green  Tree,"  a  noted  beer  house  in  Munich. 

255  VAN  DYCK,  SIR  A.  (1599-1641)  Flemish  School 

Christ  Healing  the  Blind 

Mark  VIII,  22-25. 

256  CORREGGIO,  II  Lombardese  School 

Venus  and  Adonis 

Antonio  Allegri,  called  Correggio,  was  born  at  Correggio,  a  small 
town  in  Modena,  in  1494.  It  is  ascertained  that  this  great  genius, 
and  "model  of  all  supernatural  grace,"  never  visited  Rome — never 
even  saw  the  works  of  other  great  masters,  except  Raphael's  "St. 
Cecilia,"  when  it  was  brought  to  Bologna.  After  long  gazing  upon 
it  with  breathless  admiration,  he  exclaimed:  "Anch  io  sono  pittore!" 
(I  also  am  a  painter!)  Correggio' s  death  occurred  in  the  year  1534, 
at  the  early  age  of  forty-one.  Like  Raphael,  he  died  in  the  prime 
of  life. 

257  DIETRICH,  CHRISTIAN  W.  ERNEST     German  School 

Portrait 

This  artist,  the  most  eminent  of  the  German  School  during  the 
last  century,  was  born  at  Weimar  in  1712,  and  died  at  Dresden  in 
1774.    He  is  probably  better  known  by  his  fine  etchings  than  by  his 

pictures. 

258  UNKNOWN 

The  Examination 


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259  RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  Flemish  School 

Portrait 

Peter  Paul  Rubens,  the  illustrious  head  of  the  Flemish  School, 
the  "consummate  painter,  enlightened  scholar,  skillful  diplomatist 
and  accomplished  man  of  the  world,"  was  born  at  Cologne  in  1577, 
on  the  Feast  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  from  which  circumstance  he 
received  his  name.  On  reaching  his  twenty-third  year,  he  went  by 
advice  of  his  friend  and  master,  Otto  Venius,  to  Italy,  where  he 
spent  eight  years.  On  his  return  he  established  himself  at  Ant- 
werp, from  where  he  went  at  different  times  to  the  Courts  of  France 
and  Spain.  Among  his  numerous  magnificent  paintings,  the  one  by 
which  he  is  most  extensively  known,  is  probably  his  famous 
"Descent  from  the  Cross,"  which  presents  the  highest  excellence 
attained  by  the  master  in  ecclesiastical  art.  Rubens  died  at  Ant- 
werp May,  1640. 

260  UNKNOWN  Italian  School,  16th  Century 

The  Serenade 

261  UNKNOWN  Italian  School,  16th  Century 

The  Masquerade 

262  PALAMEDES,  PAUL  Dutch  School 

Abduction  of  Proserpine 

Paul  Palamedes  Staevaerts,  or  Palamedes,  as  he  is  usually  called, 
was  born  in  London  in  1607,  but  returned  at  an  early  age  with  his 
father  to  Holland.  After  acquiring  an  elementary  knowledge  of 
art,  he  improved  himself  by  studying  the  works  of  Esais  Vander- 
velde,  copying  with  great  success  that  master's  clear  and  trans- 
parent style  of  coloring,  and  like  him,  painted  battles,  skirmishes, 
attacks  of  robbers,  etc.,  with  great  success.  He  died  in  1638,  in  the 
prime  of  life;  but  not  before  he  had  acquired  a  distinguished  repu- 
tation among  the  artists  of  his  native  country. 

263  CRAYER,  GASPER  DE  Flemish  School 

The  Nativity 

Gaspar  de  Crayer  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1582.  "The  biog- 
raphers of  the  Flemish  painters  have  not  hesitated  to  place  this 
estimable  artist  on  a  level  with  Rubens  and  Vandyck.  Although 
this  high  compliment  may  be  rather  strained,  he  is  undoubtedly 
entitled  to  the  next  rank  after  them,  among  the  ablest  artists  of 
that  school." 


265  PONDEL,  F. 

Old  Woman  Counting  Money 

266  PONDEL,  F. 

Drunken  Boor 

267  KERZOG,  H. 

Waterfall 

SHAW,  S.  W.  San  Francisco 

268  Colonel  J.  D.  Stevenson 

269  Hon.  Edward  Gilbert 

270  General  John  A.  Sutter 

271  Major-General  H.  W.  Halleck 


272 


Colonel  E.  D.  Baker 


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273  Rev.  T.  Star  King 

274  Peter  Lassen 

275  Edmond  Randolph 

276  William  Gwin 

277  General  M.  J.  Vallejo 

278  Robert  Robinson 

279  John  P.  Leese 

280  Hon.  Samuel  Purdy 

281  Captain  J.  L.  Folsom 

282  Hon.  David  C.  Broderick 

283  Thomas  Hill 

284  Hon.  Romualdo  Pacheco 

285  Thomas  O.  Larkin 

286  Peter  H.  Burnett 

287  Colonel  Jack  Hays 

288  QUELLINUS,  ERASMUS  (1609-1678)      Flemish  School 

Charity 

289  RUBENS  (School  of) 

Joseph  and  Potiphar's  Wife 

290  ENGEL 

The  Bathers  Surprised 

291  FARBER,  J.  F.  E. 

View  of  Carlsbad 

292  POTTER,  PAUL  (1625-1654)  Dutch  School 

Cattle  and  Sheep 

293  UNKNOWN  Flemish  School 

The  Happy  Family 

294  TIEPOLO,  GIOVANNI  BATTISTA         Venetian  School 

Falcon  Hunting 

This  artist,  one  of  the  last  eminent  painters  of  the  Venetian 
School,  was  born  at  Venice  in  1697,  and  died  at  Madrid  in  1770. 

295  BERGHEM,  NICHOLAS  (1624-1683)  Dutch  School 

Landscape  with  Cattle  and  Sheep 

296  DOLCI,  CARLO  (after) 

Christ  Blessing  Eread  and  Wine 

297  UNKNOWN 

For  the  Poor 


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298  RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (after) 

The  Garden  of  Love 

299  QUERFURTH,  AUGUSTUS  (1696-1761) 

Turkish  Battle 

300  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Bad  News  at  the  Bourse 

801    SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 
Good  News  at  the  Bourse 

302  VANLOO,  JEAN  BAPTISTE  French  School 

Bathshebah  at  the  Bath 

J.  B.  Vanloo  was  born  at  Aix,  in  Provence,  in  1684.  Through 
the  kindness  of  his  patron,  the  Prince  of  Carignan,  he  was  enabled 
to  visit  Rome  and  study  the  works  of  the  great  masters.  On  his 
return  he  became  a  member  of  the  Paris  Academy,  and  his  best 
pictures  are  to  be  found  in  that  city.    He  died  in  1746. 

"I"    KERGEL,  L.  Dresden 
Winter  Scene  on  the  Alsten  Near  Hamburg 

"J"    VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 
St.  Luke  Painting  the  Madonna 

"K"    KEITH,  W.  (Signed  and  dated  1879)  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Landscape 

William  Keith  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1839.  He  studied  under 
Achanbach  and  Carl  Marr,  and  spent  some  time  at  work  in  Paris. 
He  came  to  California  in  1859,  where,  with  the  exception  of  occa- 
sional visits  to  Europe,  he  has  since  resided.  Probably  he  is  the 
best  known  for  his  landscapes,  which  have  achieved  for  him  a  rep- 
utation throughout  the  United  States,  while  at  the  same  time  his 
work  in  the  field  of  portraiture  is  almost  equally  important. 

"L"    UNKNOWN  (Signed  W.  R.)  Flemish  School 

Pigeons 

"M"    BEGA,  CORNELIUS  (1620-1664)  Dutch  School 

The  Doctor 

"N"  UNKNOWN 

Women  Bathing 

"O"    CARRACCI,  ANNIBALE  Bolognese 

Baptism  of  Christ 

Born  at  Bologna,  in  1560,  Annibale  was  the  most  distinguished 
of  the  brothers  Carracci.  His  principal  works  at  Rome  are  the 
"Farnese  Gallery,"  and  the  "Miracle  at  Cana,"  in  the  chapel  of  the 
palace.  At  Bologna,  the  "Annunciation,"  in  the  Church  of  the 
Madonna  di  Galiera;  and  the  Dresden  Gallery  contains  his  admir- 
able picture  of  "St.  Roch  Distributing  His  Wealth  to  the  Poor." 
Annibale  Carracci  died  at  Rome,  in  1609. 

303  SCHMELZER,  J.  B. 

The  Offended  Dancer 

304  MIGNARD,  PIERRE  French  School 

Dido  Stabbing  Herself 

Pierre  Mignard,  born  at  Troyes  in  1610,  was  a  celebrated  painter 


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in  the  Court  of  Louis  XIV.  "His  portraits  are  in  general  elegant 
and  sweetly  colored,  particularly  his  women."  He  died  at  Paris  in 
1695. 

305  MOLENAER,  JAN  Dutch  School 

The  Fortune  Teller 

The  subjects  of  Molenaer  are  chiefly  interiors,  with  merry  mak- 
ings of  the  lower  classes,  "very  well  painted,  with  a  good  manage- 
ment of  light  and  shade,  and  characteristic  expression."  He 
flourished  from  1625  to  1660. 

"P"    QUAGLIO,  L. 

Wedding  Festival  in  Bavaria 

"Q"    HADNER,  GEORGE  VON 

Market  Scene  by  Lanterns  and  Moonlight 

"R"    FRANZ,  C. 

The  Students 

"S"    RUGENDAS,  C.  P.  German  School 

Cavalry  Fight 

306  RAPHAEL,  SANZIO  (after) 

Raphael,  by  Himself 

307  SANDRART,  JOHN  JACOB  VON  German  School 

The  Nativity 

This  artist  was  born  at  Ratisbon  in  1655.  He  studied  under  his 
father  and  great-uncle,  both  of  whom  were  painters  of  some  note, 
and  acquired  considerable  distinction  in  his  day  in  Germany,  both 
as  an  historical  and  portrait  painter.  He  died  at  Nuremberg  in 
1698. 

308  PANNINI,  CAV.  GIOVANNI  PAOLO        Roman  School 

Ruins  of  the  Arch  of  Titus  in  Rome 

Born  at  Piacenza  in  1691,  Pannini  went  at  an  early  age  to  Rome, 
where  he  studied  perspective  under  Pietro  Lucatelli,  and  applied 
himself  in  designing  the  monuments  of  ancient  architecture  in  the 
vicinity  of  that  capital.    He  died  at  Rome  in  1764. 

309  NEUSTATTER,  L. 

Mother  and  Children 

310  BREMOND,  JEAN  Paris 

Cutting  Cupid's  Wings 

311  ADAM,  BENNO  (after) 

Country  Quarters 

312  BARY,  F.  Dresden 
Charles  V  at  Luther's  Grave  in  the  Church  at  Wittenberg 

313  CRANACK,  LUCAS  (1472-1553)  German  School 

Portrait  of  Melanchthon 

314  JAPANESE  PICTURE 

315  UNKNOWN 

Feeding  the  Donkey 


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316  NETSCHER,  GASPAR  (after)  (1609-1678) 

The  Doctor  and  Sick  Lady 

317  CRANACK,  LUCAS  (1472-1553)  German  School 

St.  Sebastian 

318  UNKNOWN 

Head 

319  UNKNOWN  Italian  School 

David  Playing  the  Harp  Before  Saul 

320  CARACCI,  LUDOVICO  (1555-1619)       Bolognese  School 

Madonna  and  Child 

321  STOCKHAMMER 

Joash  Stoning  Zacharias 

II  Chronicles,  Chap.  XXIV,  v.  20,  21. 

322  STOCKHAMMER 

Hezekiah  Exhibiting  His  Treasures 

II  Kings,  Chap.  XX,  v.  13. 

323  UNKNOWN  German  School,  17th  Century 

Roses  and  Forget-Me-Nots 

324  SCHALCKEN,  G.  Dutch  School 

Scholar  by  Lamplight 

325  PASSAGURE 

Beer  House  Scene 

326  BREMOND,  JEAN  Paris 

Roman  Baths 

327  UNKNOWN 

Portrait.    A  Lady  with  Powdered  Hair 

328  RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (after) 

Orpheus  Before  Pluto 

329  BEHRINGER,  L. 

Artillery  Review  of  Bavarian  Troops 

330  DE  VOS 

Performing  Dogs  of  Brussels 

331  HEALY  (after) 

Portrait  of  Andrew  Jackson 

332  MURANT,  EMANUEL  Dutch  School 

An  Old  Cabin 

333  SCHULTZ,  E.  C. 

English  Hunting  Scene 

T  UNKNOWN 

The  Vineyard 


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"U"    NETSCHER,  GASPAR  German  School 

(Name  Unknown) 

334  TENIERS,  DAVID,  The  Younger  (after) 

Flemish  Tavern  Scene 

335  SCHULTZ,  C.  G.  German  School 

Landscape 

336  SYLVESTRE,  L.  French  School 

Portrait  of  Frederic  the  Great 

Half  length  portrait  of  Frederic  II  of  Prussia,  surnamed  the 
Great,  painted  by  Louis  Sylvestre,  a  distinguished  French  artist, 
born  at  Paris  in  1675,  and  died  in  1760 

337  SJAMAAR,  P.  G. 

Supper  Time 

338  EBERLE,  A.  Munich 

Pillaging  Soldiers 

339  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Sad  Intelligence 

340  KOLITZ,  L.  Dusseldorf 

Bird  Shooting  on  the  Ramparts  of  a  Rhenish  Town 

341  GILLE,  C.  Dresden 

View  in  Plauen,  Near  Dresden 

342  GOUNE,  THEODORE  Dresden 

Christ  Raising  Jalrus'  Daughter 

343  VERSHUR,  W. 

Halt  Before  the  Inn 

344  ROSA,  SALVATORE  (after) 

Marine  View,  Harbor  and  Shipyard 

345  TENIERS,  DAVID,  The  Younger  Flemish  School 

Gallery  of  Paintings 

David  Teniers,  born  at  Antwerp  in  1610,  received  his  first  in- 
struction in  painting  from  his  father,  the  elder  Teniers;  he  after- 
wards studied  under  Adrian  Brouwer,  and  is  said  to  have  been  for 
some  time  the  pupil  of  Rubens.  The  works  of  Teniers,  although 
exceedingly  numerous,  are  held  in  the  highest  estimation,  and  in 
subjects  relating  to  common  life,  he  is  the  greatest  of  Flemish 
painters.  He  died  at  Brussels  in  the  year  1694,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  84. 

346  VOLLMAR,  L.  Munich 

Half  Frightened,  Half  Pleased 

347  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

For  the  Poor 

348  VISCHER,  AUGUST 

Harvest  Festival  and  Dance  in  Bavaria 

349  MEIXNER  or  MEISENER,  LUDWIG 

Marine  View,  Bay  of  Naples 

350  FREDRICH,  A. 

Ploughing 


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351  DIEPENBECK,  A.  VAN  Flemish  School 

Hercules  and  Omphale 

Abraham  van  Diepenbeck,  a  pupil  of  Rubens,  was  born  at  Bois- 
le-Duc  in  1607,  and  died  at  Antwerp  in  1675. 

352  PIOMBO,  FRA  SEBASTIANO  DEL        Venitian  School 

The  Infant  Bacchus 

This  distinguished  artist,  born  at  Venice  in  1485,  was  known  by 
the  name  of  Sebastiano  Veneziano,  until  the  Pope  bestowing  upon 
him  the  office  Keeper  of  his  Chancery  Seal,  made  it  necessary  for 
him  to  assume  the  religious  habit,  along  with  which  he  adopted  the 
title  of  Fra  Sebastiano  del  Piombo.  He  was  successively  the 
scholar  of  Bellini,  Georgioni  and  Michel  Angelo  Buonaroti,  and 
after  the  death  of  Raffaelle,  he  was  reputed  the  most  distinguished 
artist  in  Rome.    He  died  in  1547. 

353  DE  HEEM,  DAVID 

Fruit  Piece 

354  TOORNVLIET,  J.  (1641-1719)  Flemish  School 

Trial  of  Mutius  Scaevola 

355  MULLER  (after) 

Little  Girl  Reading 

356  RENI,  GUIDO  (1575-1642)  Bolognese  School 

Entombment  of  Christ 

367    DE  VOS  Brussels 
Waiting  Patiently 

"V"    REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 
Expulsion  of  Hagar 

"W"    D'UNKER  and  VON  WILLE  Dutch  School 

The  Interrupted  Gamester 

358  ZIMMERMANN,  R.  SEBASTIAN        Hagenau  in  Baden 

Wine  Dealers 

"X"    EBEL,  F. 

German  Landscape 

359  PETZOLD,  KARL  Dresden 

The  Vulture's  Home 

360  LAENEN,  VAN  DER  J.  Flemish  School 

Portrait  of  Gustavus  Adolphus 

The  great  King  of  Sweden,  painted  by  Christopher  Jan,  other- 
wise Jacob  Van  der  Laenen,  a  pupil  of  Rubens,  born  at  Antwerp 
in  the  year  1570,  died  1628. 

361  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Mother  and  Child 

362  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

The  Schoolmaster 

367    WICHMANN,  A.  F.  G.  Dresden 
Madonna  and  C-hlld 


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368  MALI,  CHRISTIAN  Munich 

Suabian  Village  After  a  Rain 

369  MERTZ  Antwerp 

Condoling  with  the  Widow 

370  METZU,  GABRIEL  (after) 

The  Game  Dealer 

371  LAZER,  THEODORE  Dresden 

Girl  Feeding  a  Bird 

372  PREYER,  JOHN  WILLIAM  (after) 

A  Munich  Luncheon 

373  DIETRICH,  CHRISTIAN  W.  ERNEST  (1712-1774) 

German  School 

Oriental  Prince 

377  LIBRI,  GIROLAMO  DA  Veronese  School 

Woman  with  Cherries 

This  artist  acquired  from  his  father's  occupation,  which  was 
that  of  an  illuminator  of  books,  his  surname  of  da  Libri.  He  was 
born  at  Verona  in  1474,  and  died  in  1555.  His  pictures  were  noted 
for  their  fine  expression  and  finished  style.  His  manner  resembles 
that  of  Bellini. 

378  RIBERA,  JOSE  Spanish  School 

Old  Man  and  Boy 

Ribera,  surnamed  il  Spagnaletto,  was  born  at  Zativa  in  1589, 
died  at  Naples  in  1656. 

379  LACHENWITZ,  F.  S.  Dresden 

Wolves  Attacking  Wild  Horses 

380  VOLTZ,  FR. 

Cattle  Piece 

381  INGEMNEY,  L.  M. 

Wandering  Mechanic  Making  His  Toilet  Before  Entering 
the  Village 

382  DAMSCHRODER,  S.  J.  M. 

The  Village  Oracle 

383  ZURBARAN,  FRANCISCO  Spanish  School 

Job  Comforted  by  His  Wife 

Francisco  Zurbaran,  the  son  of  a  husbandman,  was  born  at 
Fuente  de  Cantos,  near  Seville,  in  1596.  As  he  early  evinced  much 
taste  and  skill  in  painting,  he  was  released  from  the  plough  and 
placed  under  the  tuition  of  Juan  de  Roelas,  where  he  soon  acquired 
a  considerable  reputation.  In  1650  he  was  sent  for  by  King  Philip 
to  paint  the  Labors  of  Hercules,  in  the  palace  of  Buenretiro.  Dur- 
ing the  progress  of  the  work,  he  was  often  visited  by  his  royal 
patron,  who  on  one  occasion  was  pleased  to  express  his  admiration 
by  laying  his  hand  upon  the  artist's  shoulder,  and  calling  him 
"painter  of  the  king,  and  king  of  painters."  Zurbaran  was  of  the 
naturalist  school  in  light  and  shade  and  color,  and  is  called  the 
Spanish  Caravaggio;  he  made  a  special  study  of  draperies,  which 
are  invariably  well  managed  in  his  pictures.  He  died  at  Madrid  in 
166£. 


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389  UNKNOWN  Italian  School 

Moses  and  the  Brazen  Serpent 

390  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Musicians  Seeking  Shelter  From  the  Storm 

391  BRAKELEER,  ADRIEN 

The  Village  Armorer 

392  OSTADE,  ISAAC  VAN  (1617-1663)  Dutch  School 

The  Hornpipe 

393  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

The  Hunter's  Return 

394  HEINE,  A.  Munich 

Kept  In 

395  WICHMANN,  A.  F.  G.  (after) 

Titian's  Pleasure  Party 

398  CRANACK,  LUCAS  (1472-1553)  German  School 

Christ  Blessing  the  Children 

399  DAHL,  S.  Florence 

II  Plfferaro 


400    LE  SUEUR,  EUSTACHE 


French  School 


Christ  at  the  Temple  With  the  Doctors 

Eustache  Le  Sueur,  the  son  of  an  obscure  sculptor,  was  born  at 
Paris  in  1617.  "His  st3'le  exhibits  little  of  the  character  of  his 
country,  and  the  simplicity  of  his  compositions  and  the  poetry  of 
his  design  procured  him  the  honorable  title  of  the  French  Raffaelle. 
*  *  *  His  compositions  are  noble  and  elevated,  and  there  is  a 
naivete  in  the  air  of  his  heads,  and  in  his  attitudes,  which  is 
extremely  interesting;  his  draperies  are  simply  and  grandly  cast, 
and  though  his  coloring  is  without  vigor  or  force,  it  is  tender  and 
delicate,  and  well  adapted  to  the  particular  character  of  his  works." 
This  distinguished  painter  died  in  1655. 


401    LELIENBERG,  C. 

Flemish  Vegetable  Dealer 


Dutch  School 


402    BOTH,  JAN 


Landscape 


Dutch  School 


This  celebrated  artist  was  born  at  Utrecht  in  1610.  "His  land- 
scapes exhibit  the  most  beautiful  scenery,  his  color  is  glowing  yet 
delicate,  and  there  is  a  sparkling  effect  of  sunshine  in  his  pictures 
that  has  scarcely  been  equaled."  He  died  in  his  native  place  in 
1650,  a  the  early  age  of  forty. 


403 


404 


HELST,  B.  VAN  DER  (after)  (1613-1670) 
Awarding  Archery  Prizes 


PRIMATICCIO,  FRANCESCO 

Perseus  and  Andromeda 


Bolognese  School 


Francesco  Primaticcio,  the  scion  of  a  noble  house,  was  born  at 
Bologna  in  1490.  He  was  successively  the  scholar  of  Innocenzo  da 
Imola,  II  Bagnacavallo,  and  of  Giulio  Romano;  with  the  latter  he 
spent  six  years.  He  passed  much  of  his  time  in  France,  where  he 
was  a  great  favorite  with  Francis  I.    On  the  death  of  that  monarch, 


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he  continued  in  the  service  of  his  successors,  Henry  II  and  Charles 
IX.    Primaticcio  died  at  Paris  in  1670. 

404  "B"    CARTER  (after) 

Foxes 

405  DOUW,  GERARD  (after) 

The  Dentist 

406  UNKNOWN 

The  Amorous  Hunter 

407  WYCK,  THOMAS  (1616-1688)  Dutch  School 

The  Return  From  Market 

408  HOOK.  J.  C. 

First  Lesson  in  Navigation 

409  UNKNOWN 

Grace  Before  Meat 

410  C ALLOT,  JUCQUES  French  School 

The  Just  Desert 

This  celebrated  engraver  and  designer,  the  son  of  noble  parents, 
was  born  at  Nancy  in  1593.  His  love  for  art  caused  him  twice  to 
run  away  from  home;  the  first  time  at  the  age  of  twelve,  when 
without  money  or  resources  he  found  his  way  to  Italy.  His  parents 
finally  yielded  to  his  wishes  and  permitted  him  to  visit  Rome, 
where  he  studied  under  Giulio  Parigii.  His  drawings  are  exceed- 
ingly admired,  and  the  number  of  his  plates  is  almost  incredible, 
amounting  to  upwards  of  1500.  Jacques  Callot  died  at  Nancy  in 
1635. 

411  UNKNOWN 

The  Fisherman's  Farewell 

412  HILL,  THOMAS  San  Francisco 

Sugar  Loaf  Peak,  El  Dorado  County,  California 

413  OSTADE,  ADRIAN  VAN  (1610-1685)  Dutch  School 

Inn  Scene 

414  WENDLER,  F. 

Tourists  Housed  From  the  Rain 

415  MULLER,  JOS.  (1871) 

Sketching  Grandpa 

416  WYNANTS,  JOHN  Dutch  School 

Attacked  on  the  Highway 

John  Wynants,  born  at  Harlem  in  1600,  is  esteemed  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  landscape  painters  of  his  time,  and  the  academy 
which  he  established  has  produced  many  of  the  ablest  artists  of 
the  Dutch  School.  Little  is  known  of  his  life,  "his  works,  like  those 
of  Philip  Wouverman,  must  form  his  history."  His  pictures,  which 
are  very  valuable  and  of  which  he  painted  a  large  number,  are  to 
be  found  among  all  the  best  collections.    He  died  in  1670. 

417  BARY,  E.  Dresden 

Moses  Protecting  the  Daughters  of  Jethro 

Exodus  II,  16  and  17. 


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418  PREYER,  P.  Dusseldorf 

The  Interrupted  Promenade 

419  WOUVERMAN,  PHILIP  (1620-1668)  Dutch  School 

Smith  Shoeing  a  White  Horse 

Wouverman  excelled  in  portraying  horses,  and  introduced  them 
into  most  of  his  pictures. 

420  KERGEL,  L.  Dresden 

Winter  Landscape 

421  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

Monk  and  Guard 

422  TENIERS,  DAVID,  The  Younger  (1610-1694) 

Flemish  School 

The  News  Readers 

123    WOUVERMAN,  PHILIP  (1620-1668)  Dutch  School 

Departure  for  Falcon  Hunting 

424  EERELMAN,  O.  Groningen 

Moorish  Court  of  the  Paris  Exhibition  in  1867 

425  THULDEN,  THEODORE  VAN  (1607-1676) 

Flemish  School 

St.  Martin  Dividing  His  Mantle 

Theodore  van  Thulden,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  disciples 
of  Rubens,  was  born  at  Bois-le-Duc  in  1607.  He  executed  several 
pictures  for  churches  and  public  buildings  at  Antwerp,  Bruges, 
Mechlin,  and  other  Flemish  cities,  some  of  which  have  been  mis- 
taken for  works  of  that  master.  The  Assumption  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin,  which  he  painted  for  the  Church  of  the  Jesuits  at  Bruges, 
is  considered  his  finest  work.  The  time  of  his  death  seems  to  be 
somewhat  uncertain,  but  it  is  generally  placed  about  the  year  1676. 

426  BRANDEL,  PETER  German  School 

Christ  In  Gethsemane 

Peter  Brandel,  born  at  Prague  in  1660,  possessed  great  readiness 
of  invention,  and  painted  many  excellent  pictures,  especially  for 
churches  in  Prague  and  Breslau.    He  died  at  Kuttenberg  in  1739. 

427  VENUS,  ALBERT  Dresden 

Landscape,  the  Campagna  Near  Rome 

428  UNKNOWN 

Allegory  of  Death 

"Y"    VAN  DYCK,  SIR  A.  (1599-1641)  Flemish  School 

Nativity 

429  RUYSDAEL,  JACOB  Dutch  School 

Sketch 

This  eminent  landscape  painter  was  born  at  Harlem  about  the 
year  1636.  It  is  not  known  under  whom  he  studied,  but  it  is  prob- 
able that  he  was  for  some  time  the  pupil  of  his  friend  and  fellow 
townsman  Nicholas  Berghem.  Ruysdael's  pictures  are  held  in  the 
highest  estimation,  and  are  found  in  the  choicest  collections.  He 
died  at  Harlem  in  1681. 


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430  MUHLIG,  MENO  Dresden 

The  Cobbler  Trumpeting 

431  REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Old  Woman  Weighing  Coin 

432  VINCI,  LEONARDO  DA  Florentine  School 

Ecce  Homo 

This  illustrious  artist  was  born  in  the  Val  d'Arno  in  1452,  and 
evinced  even  in  childhood  a  decided  taste  for  the  fine  arts.  Placed 
by  his  father  under  the  guidance  of  Andrea  Verrochio,  he  soon 
eclipsed  that  master,  and  his  talents  rapidly  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  Florentine  public.  Leonardo's  studies  had  not  been  confined 
to  painting;  he  was  an  able  sculptor  and  architect  and  an  accom- 
plished poet  and  musician.  Joined  to  such  vigor  of  intellect,  was  an 
elegance  of  figure  and  grace  of  manner  which  made  hm  beloved  by 
all,  and  soon  spread  his  fame  through  Italy.  His  most  famous  work 
is  his  "Last  Supper,"  painted  for  the  refectory  of  the  Dominican 
Convent  of  S.  Maria  delie  Grazie  at  Milan,  "a  performance  which 
history  ranks  amongst  the  most  admirable  productions  of  the  art." 
Leonardo  da  Vinci  expired  at  Fountainebleau  on  the  2d  of  May, 
1519,  aged  67  years. 

433  GAISER,  F. 

The  Happy  Mother 

434  SCHAUMANN,  H. 

Circus  Life 

435  JONES,  C. 

Sheep  in  Winter  on  the  Scottish  Hills 

436  DE  VOS  Brussels 

One  of  Our  First  Musicians 

437  POUSSIN,  GASPAR  DUGHET  Roman  School 

Landscape 

Gaspar  Dughet  was  born  at  Rome  in  1613.  On  his  sister's  mar- 
riage with  Nicolo  Poussin,  Gaspar  acquired  the  patronymic  of  his 
brother-in-law,  under  whose  tuition  he  became  an  eminent  and 
almost  unsurpassed  landscape  painter.  His  pictures  principally 
represent  the  most  enchanting  views  in  the  vicinity  of  Rome,  Tivoli 
and  Frascati.  but  he  has  also  composed  many  ideal  landscapes.  He 
died  at  Rome  in  1675. 

438  BOUDEWYNS  and  BOUT  Flemish  School 

Small  Landscape  with  Figures 

N.  Boudewyns  and  Francis  Bout,  natives  of  Brussels,  flourished 
about  the  year  1700.  These  artists  painted  almost  entirely  in  con- 
cert, the  landscapes  by  Boudewyns  being  decorated  with  figures  by 
Bout.  Their  joint  productions  are  highly  esteemed  in  Flanders  and 
England,  where  some  of  their  best  works  are  to  be  found. 

439  BOUDEWYNS  and  BOUT  Flemish  School 

Small  Landscape  with  Figures 

440  MURILLO  (manner  of)  Spanish  School 

Madonna  and  Child 

441  MURILLO,  BARTHOLOME  ESTEBAN  (1618-1685) 

Spanish  School 

Mendicants  Throwing  Dice 


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442  ROUX,  CH.  Munich 

The  Botanist  in  Danger 

443  SCHMIDT,  AD.  Munich 

The  Sunday  Riders 

444  VERNET,  CLAUDE  JOSEPH  French  School 

Cain  and  Abel 

Moonlight  view.  Dated  1750.  Claude  Joseph  Vernet  was  born 
at  Avignon,  in  1714,  and  died  in  1789. 

445  REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Rembrandt's  Daughter 

The  original  is  in  the  Dresden  Gallery. 

446  RENI,  GUIDO  Bolognese  School 

Avarice 

Guido  Reni,  the  greatest  of  the  scholars  of  the  Caracei,  was  born 
at  Bologna,  in  1575.  "His  earlier  pictures  display  a  striving  after 
the  grand  and  terrible,  with  a  powerful  effect  of  light  and  shadow, 
similar  to  that  observed  in  the  works  of  Caravaggio;  but  his  later 
style,  by  which  he  is  best  known,  is  remarkable  for  its  sweetness 
and  tenderness.  His  heads  show  the  influence  of  a  careful  study 
of  the  antique."    Guido  died  in  1642. 

"Z"    LORRAINE,  CLAUDE  French  School 

Landscape 

Claude  Gelee,  called  Lorraine,  was  born  at  Champagne,  in  Lor- 
raine, in  the  year  1600,  and  died  at  Rome,  November  21st,  1682. 
The  Prince  of  Landscape  Painters  "presents  to  the  beholder  such 
an  infinity  of  objects,  and  conveys  him  over  such  a  'variety  of  hill 
and  dale,  and  misty  mountains,'  that  the  eye  may  be  said  to  be 
constrained  as  it  wanders,  to  repose  itself  on  the  way." 

447  RENI,  GUIDO  (after) 

Lucretla 

448  RENI,  GUIDO  (after) 

Cleopatra 

449  RYCKAERT,  DAVID  (1615-1677)  Flemish  School 

Beer  House  Scene 

This  artist  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1615,  and  received  his  first 
art  instruction  from  his  father,  who  was  considered  the  ablest  land- 
scape painter  of  his  time.  Young  Ryckaert  soon  rose  to  distinction 
and  enjoyed  the  special  favor  of  Archduke  Leopold,  who  appointed 
him  in  1651  Director  of  the  Academy  at  Antwerp.  He  usually 
painted  peasant  festivals,  musical  parties  or  the  interiors  of  chem- 
ists' laboratories.  David  Ryckaert's  pictures  are  not  often  met  with 
out  of  Belgium,  where  they  are  to  be  found  in  the  best  collections. 
Ho  died  in  1677. 

450  CROCKER,  MISS  KATIE  Sacramento 

Magdalena  (copy) 

451  RUTIN,  CHARLES  French  School 

Portrait  of  an  Old  Lady 

This  artist  flourished  at  Paris  at  about  the  year  1760. 


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452  MIERIS,  FRANCIS,  The  Elder  Dutch  School 

Tavern  Scene 

This  artist,  the  son  of  a  goldsmith,  was  born  at  Leyden  in  1635. 
Ambitious  of  imitating  the  style  of  Gerard  Douw,  he  entered  his 
studio,  and  soon  became  not  only  the  ablest  of  his  disciples,  but  is 
even  considered  by  many  the  superior  of  that  master.  His  works 
are  exceedingly  rare.    He  died  in  1681. 

453  UNKNOWN 

Hessian  Country  Blacksmith  Shop 

454  REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN 

Judith  and  Holofernes 

Rembrandt  Van  Rhyn,  born  in  1606,  was  the  son  of  a  miller  of 
Leyden,  and  "from  the  dark  interior  of  his  father's  mill,  partially 
lighted  from  above,  in  which  he  passed  his  infancy  and  boyhood,  he 
is  supposed  to  have  caught  the  first  idea  of  those  strong  contrasts 
of  light  and  shadow,  which  he  carried  to  such  perfection  in  his  art." 

455  LELY,  SIR  PETER  German  School 

Portrait 

This  eminent  portrait  painter  was  born  in  Westphalia  in  1617. 
On  the  death  of  Van  Dyck  in  1640,  he  determned  to  visit  England, 
where  he  soon  acquired  high  favor  and  distinction.  Through  Will- 
iam, Prince  of  Orange,  he  was  introduced  to  the  notice  of  Charles  1, 
whose  portrait  he  painted,  as  well  as  those  of  the  Prince  and 
Princess  of  Orange.  Through  all  the  tragical  events  that  followed, 
Sir  Peter  Lely  remained  in  England,  his  fame  unimpaired.  Crom- 
well sat  to  him,  and  after  the  Restoration,  he  had  the  honor  of 
painting  King  Charles  II,  by  whom  he  was  knighted.  Sir  Peter  died 
in  1680  and  was  buried  in  Covent  Garden,  where  a  monument  with 
his  bust,  by  Gibbon,  is  erected  to  his  memory. 

456  CANALETTO,  ANTONIO  Venetian  School 

S.  Marco  Piazza,  Venice 

That  few  cities  are  better  known  to  the  public  than  the  "Queen 
of  the  Adriatic,"  is  principally  due  to  the  brush  of  Canaletto,  who 
has  painted  numerous  scenes  on  her  canals  and  lagunes.  A  com- 
plete work,  consisting  of  his  views  in  Venice,  was  published  in  that 
city  in  1742.    Canaletto  was  born  in  Venice  in  1697  and  died  in  1768. 

457  CARACCI  (School  of) 

Venus  and  Cupid 

458  JUNKER,  W  Dresden 

Portrait — Fraulein  Ulrlch 

Of  the  King's  Opera  House  in  Dresden. 

459  DOUW,  GERARD  (after) 

The  Schoolmaster 
Candle  and  lamplight  effect. 

460  UNKNOWN  Flemish  School 

Triumph  of  Bacchus 

461  MIEL,  JOHN  Flemish  School 

Halt  Before  the  Inn 

This  artist  was  born  in  1599  in  the  vicinity  of  Antwerp.  The 
scholar  and  able  disciple  of  Gerard  Seghers,  he  left  that  master  to 
pursue  his  studies  in  Rome  at  the  Academy  of  Andrea  Sacchi.  His 
best  performances  are  his  easel  pictures,  representing  fairs,  hunt- 
ings, markets  and  carnival  festivities.    He  was  a  favorite  of  Charles 


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Emanuel,  Duke  of  Savoy,  who  invited  him  to  the  Court  of  Turin, 
and  conferred  upon  him  the  order  of  the  Knighthood  of  St.  Maurice. 
He  died  in  1664. 

462  MEISSNER,  E.  Dresden 

The  Irate  Bull 

463  UNKNOWN 

Allegory 

464  WERKMEISTER,  MATTH.  Munich 

The  Shipwreck 

465  LELY,  SIR  PETER  (1617-1680) 

Portrait  of  a  Lady 

466  DOMENICH1NO,  II.  Bolognese  School 

Oriental  Lady 

Domenico  Zampieri,  called  II  Domenichino,  was  born  at  Bologna 
in  1581.  He  was  a  fellow  student  of  Guido  and  Albano  in  the  Acad- 
emy of  the  Caracci,  where  he  soon  distinguished  himself  greatly. 
Together  with  Albano,  he  afterwards  visited  Parma,  Modena  and 
Reggio,  to  study  the  works  of  Correggio  and  Parmegiano;  and  on 
their  return  they  both  finally  settled  in  Rome.  Domenichino's  Com- 
munion of  St.  Jerome,  painted  for  the  principal  altar  of  S.  Girolamo 
della  Carita.  was  considered  the  finest  picture  at  Rome,  after  the 
Transfiguration,  by  Raffaelle.    He  died  in  1641. 

467  HOLBEIN,  HANS  German  School 

This  distinguished  painter,  engraver  and  designer,  is  generally 
said  to  have  been  born  at  Basle  in  1498,  although  according  to 
others,  he  is  a  native  of  Augsburg.  However  this  may  be,  young- 
Holbein  passed  his  youth  in  the  former  place.  In  1526  he  visited 
England,  where  he  was  received  with  the  greatest  kindness  by  Sir 
Thomas  More,  through  whose  influence  he  was  introduced  to  the 
notice  of  King  Henry  VIII,  who  took  him  into  great  favor,  and 
appointed  him  painter  to  the  Court,  with  apartments  in  the  palace 
and  a  liberal  salary.  His  works  are  very  numerous;  the  greatest 
and  best  are  in  England,  where  he  executed  them.  He  died  of  the 
plague  in  London  in  1554. 

469    HESS,  PETER  VON  (after) 

Peter  von  Hess  was  born  at  Dusseldorf  in  1792  of  a  family  of 
artists.  He  acquired  the  soubriquet  of  the  "Horace  Vernet  of  Cen- 
tral Germany,"  from  his  numerous  battle  pieces,  and  his  name  is 
familiar  to  all  who  are  acquainted  with  modern  German  art.  He 
died  at  Munich  the  4th  of  April,  1871. 

471  BEERESTRATEN,  J.  VAN  Dutch  School 

Skating  Scene  in  Holland 

472  BERGHEM,  NICHOLAS  (1624-1683)  Dutch  School 

Cattle  Piece 

473  HAZER,  G. 

The  Cobbler 

474  MUNSCH,  J.  Munich 

Recruiting  Officers  and  Peasant 

"XX"    REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Portrait 


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"XXX"     REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 
The  Astrologer 

"ZX"    REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Portrait 

475  CARRACCI,  AGOSTINO  (1558-1601)      Bolognese  School 

The  Paralltic 

476  DE  YONGE,  J.  M.  Dutch  School 

Cavalry  Fight 

477  DU  JARDIN  (1635-1678)  Dutch  School 

Peasants  and  Cattle 

478  MUHLTG,  MENO  Dresden 

The  Dice  Throwers 

479  MUHLIG,  M.  Dresden 

Soldiers  in  Quarters 

480  ARNOUX  Paris 

The  Young  Housekeeper 

481  ROBBE  Brussels 

Goats  and  Sheep 

482  BOUCHER,  FRANCIS  French  School 

Portrait  of  a  Court  Lady 

This  artist,  born  at  Paris  in  1714,  was  the  scholar  of  Francois  Le 
Moine.  Appointed  to  the  position  of  first  painter  to  the  King,  and 
flattered  and  favored  by  the  great  Boucher,  was  the  most  admired 
artist  of  the  day  among1  the  Parisians.  "Yet  perhaps  it  would  be 
difficult  to  select  one  who  enjoyed  these  advantages  with  less  real 
pretention  to  admiration,  or  less  legitimate  claim  to  distinction." 
He  died  in  1768. 

483  BREMOND,  JEAN  Paris 

Leda  and  the  Swan 

484  CARACCI,  ANNIBALE  (1560-1609)       Bolognese  School 

Madonna  and  Child 

485  UNKNOWN 

Study 

486  ENGELS 

Return  of  the  Monk 

487  LE  SUE 

Jacob  Wrestling  With  the  Angel 

488  KEITH,  WILLIAM  San  Francisco 

Landscape 

489  BACON 

Selecting  the  First  Cradle 

490  BRENDEL,  A.  Munich 

Sheep  Stable 


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491    TINTORETTO,  II.  (1512-1594) 

Lot  and  His  Daughters 


Venetian  School 


492    RUBENS,  PETER  PAUL  (1577-1640)       Flemish  School 
Assumption  of  the  Virgin  Mary 


493  LASSIG 


Landscape  Near  Salzburg 


Munich 


494  FALCIATORE,  PHILIPPO 

Attacked  Dy  Highwaymen 

495  CANALETTO  (afer) 

View  in  Venice 

496  MERLE,  HUGUES  (after) 

The  Mendicant 

Original  adorns  the  walls  of  Luxembourg-. 

497  MUTTENTHALER,  A. 

502  MURILLO,  BARTOLOME  ESTEBEN  (after) 

Boys  Eating  Grapes  and  Watermelons 

503  DE  VRIES,  JOHN  RENIER  Dutch  School 

Landscape  and  Church  Ruins 

Marked  1643.  This  landscape  painter  is  generally  supposed  to 
have  been  a  pupil  of  Jacob  Ruysdael,  whose  style  he  followed  very 
closely.    He  flourished  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century. 

504  HONDEKOETER,  MELCHIOR  (1636-1695)  Dutch  School 

Still  Life 

505  MIREVELT,  M.  JANSEN  Dutch  School 

Portrait 

Marked  1615.    Half  length  figure  of  a  Dutch  nobleman. 
"XO"  UNKNOWN 

Architectural  Painting 

506  MIREVELT,  M.  JANSEN  (1568-1641)         Dutch  School 

Portrait  of  Lady  of  Rank 

507  UNKNOWN 

The  Sportsman's  Return 

508  BENDEMANN 

Still  Life 

509  KEITH,  WM.  San  Francisco 

Mount  Tamalpais,  California 

510  FRIEDRICH,  A.  Dresden 

Saxon  Farm  Yard 

511  MULLER,  MORITZ  Munich 

At  Home 


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512  MULLER,  MORITZ  Munich 

Returning  Home 

513  VAN  HAMME,  A.  Brussels 

The  Fair  Musician 


514  KERKHOVE,  VAN  DER  Flemish  School 

Artist's  Surprise  Party 

Joseph  Van  der  Kerkhove,  born  at  Bruges  in  1669,  studied  at 
Antwerp  under  Erasmus  Quelinus,  the  younger.  On  leaving  that 
master's  studio  he  set  out  for  Italy;  but  on  his  way  through  France 
he  met  with  so  much  encouragement  in  Paris,  that,  abandoning  his 
original  project,  he  decided  to  remain  in  the  latter  city.  After 
several  years'  residence  there  he  returned  to  Bruges,  where  h 
received  more  commissions  than  he  could  execute.  His  principal 
work  is  a  series  of  fifteen  pictures  of  the  Life  of  our  Savior,  painted 
for  the  Church  of  the  Dominicans  at  Bruges.  He  died  in  his  native 
city  in  1714.  The  picture  before  us  was  painted  during  the  artist's 
residence  in  Paris. 

515  UNKNOWN 

The  Bagpipe  Player 

517  UNKNOWN 

Mother  and  Children  Caught  In  a  Storm 

518  UNKNOWN 

Peasants  Admiring  a  Fountain 

519  GENNARI,  CESARE  Bolognese  School 

Magdaleno 

Cesare  Gennari,  the  nephew  and  scholar  of  Guercino,  was  born 
at  Cento  in  1641  and  died  in  1688. 

520  CARAVAGGIO,  II.  (1569-1609)  Lombardese  School 

Christ  Before  Pontius  Pilate 

521  VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  Dresden 
Display  of  the  Madonna  De  San  Sisto  at  the  Saxon  Court 

522  ACHENBACH,  ANDREAS  Dusseldorf 

Norwegian  Coast  by  Moonlight 

Andreas  Achenbach  was  born  at  Hesse  Cassel  in  1815.  In  1827 
he  became  a  pupil  of  Sehirmer,  the  professor  of  landscape  at  the 
Dusseldorf  Academy,  and  acquired  in  a  few  years  a  high  rank  as 
an  architectural  landscape  painter.  "A  coasting  voyage  which  he 
made  with  his  father  in  1832  and  1833,  by  way  of  Rotterdam,  Sche- 
veningen  and  Amsterdam,  to  Hamburg,  and  thence  to  Riga,  opened 
new  fields  for  the  exercise  of  his  pencil  in  the  grand  wildness  and 
magnificent  surging  of  the  Northern  Sea,  his  acquaintance  with 
which  he  two  years  afterwards  matured  and  extended  by  an  expe- 
dition to  Denmark,  Norway  and  Sweden."  He  subsequently  trav- 
eled in  the  Tyrol,  and  in  1843  went  to  Italy,  where  he  remained  two 
years.  "His  pictures  are  characterized  by  the  charm  of  never  end- 
ing variety,  grand  mountain  passes  and  lovely  home  idylls,  the 
solitary  fiord,  forest  lands,  waterfalls  and  marine  views  with  ship- 
ping, all  seem  under  diverse  aspects  of  season — some  by  day,  others 
by  moonlight.  To  sum  up,  the  tendency  of  Achenbach's  genius  is 
realistic  in  the  highest  and  best  sense  of  the  word."  Foremost 
among  his  scholars  are  his  brother  Oswald  and  A.  Flamm-Andreas 
Achenbach  obtained  the  great  gold  medals  of  Belgium  and  Prussia, 
and  the  small  one  of  France.  He  is  also  Knight  of  the  Belgium 
Order  of  Leopold,  and  a  member  of  the  Academies  of  Berlin,  Am- 
sterdam and  Antwerp.    Died  1905. 


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523  GEBLER,  E. 

Girl  Feeding  Sheep 

524  KERGEL,  L.  Dresden 

Winter  Landscape 

525  COLLAERT,  ADRIAN  Flemish  School 

David  Playing  the  Harp  Before  Saul 

This  artist,  noted  especially  as  an  engraver  and  designer,  flour- 
ished in  Flanders  about  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century. 

526  HEINE,  F. 

Shepherd  With  Sheep 

527  REMBRANDT,  VAN  RHYN  (after) 

Portrait 

528  TENIERS,  DAVID,  The  Elder  (1582-1649) 

Flemish  School 

The  Surgical  Operation 

529  SCHALKEN,  GODFREY  (after) 

Dutch  Girl  With  Light 

530  CRANACK,  LUCAS  (1472-1553)  German  School 

St.  Jerome 

531  HALS,  FRANZ  (1584-1666)  Flemish  School 

The  Mandolin  Player 

This  celebrated  portrait  and  historical  painter  was  born  at 
Mechlin  in  1584;  and  was  a  disciple  of  Karel  van  Mander.  Few 
painters  have  equaled  Hals  in  his  particular  department,  and  of 
the  numerous  artists  of  his  country  he  has  only  been  surpassed  in 
it  by  Van  Dyck. 

532  OS,  PIETRO  GERARD  VAN  Dutch  School 

Cow  and  Sheep 

Born  at  The  Hague  in  1776,  this  artist  received  his  earliest 
instruction  from  his  father,  Jan  Van  Os,  a  painter  of  fruit,  flowers 
and  marine  pieces.  Later,  he  made  the  works  of  Paul  Potter  and 
Karel  Dujardin  his  models,  and  his  pictures  painted  in  the  style  of 
these  masters  enrich  the  choicest  collections  in  Holland.  He  died 
at  The  Hague  in  1839.    This  picture  is  dated  1820. 

533  POTTER,  PAUL  (1625-1654)  Dutch  School 

Cattle  and  Sheep 

534  ZIMMERMANN,  R.  S.  (after) 

The  Rebuff 

535  PONTE,  GIACOMO  DA  (Bassaro) 

Dance  of  Cupids 

Giacomo  da  Ponte,  usually  called  II  Bassano,  was  born  at  Bas- 
sano  in  1510.  He  first  studied  under  his  father,  Francesco,  who  was 
the  founder  of  a  school  bearing  his  name;  and  later,  in  Venice, 
under  Bonifagio  Veneziani.  He  is  supposed  by  some  to  have  been 
a  pupil  of  Titian,  but  this  is  doubtful,  although  at  one  time  he  was 
a  close  follower  of  that  master's  style.  After  acquiring  consider- 
able celebrity  in  Venice,  his  father's  death  compelled  him  to  return 


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to  Bassano,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  painted 
historical  subjects  as  well  as  landscapes  and  portraits,  and  executed 
a  marvelous  number  of  pictures.  Among  his  greatest  works  may 
be  mentioned  the  Entombing  of  Christ,  in  the  Seminario  of  Padua; 
the  Nativity,  now  in  the  Louvre;  and  his  Sacrifice  of  Noah,  in  the 
Santa  Maria  Maggiore  at  Venice,  which  latter  was  so  much  admired 
by  Titian  that  he  desired  to  have  a  copy  of  it  for  his  own  studio. 
Although  the  works  of  Bassano  are  not  exempt  from  defects,  and 
although  they  have  been  severely  criticised,  it  is  certain  that  they 
met  with  the  highest  praise  from  Titian,  Paul  Veronese  (who 
intrusted  to  him  the  instruction  of  his  son),  Tintoretto,  and  Anni- 
bale  Caracci,  who  is  said  to  have  been  so  deceived  by  a  book  which 
Bassano  had  painted  upon  a  table,  that  he  reached  out  his  hand  to 
take  it  up.  Bassano  had  many  pupils,  and  educated  four  of  his 
sons  to  his  profession.    He  died  in  1592. 

536  BESCHEY,  B.  Flemish  School 

Girls  Picking  Flowers  Frightened  by  a  Snake 

Balthasar  Beschey  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1708,  and  was  the 
pupil  of  a  comparatively  unknown  artist  named  Peter  Strick.  In 
1755  he  became  one  of  the  six  directors  of  the  Academy  of  his 
native  city.    He  died  in  1776. 

537  VAN  DYCK,  SIR  A.  (after) 

Danae 

540  CRANACK,  L.  (1472-1553)  German  School 

St.  Sebastian 

541  HEMSKERK,  EGBERT  ,The  Younger        Dutch  School 

Portrait 

This  artist  was  born  at  Harlem  in  1645,  and  is  said  to  have  been 
a  scholar  of  Peter  Grebber.  He  painted  scenes  of  drunken  revelry 
with  considerable  humor,  and  sometimes  represented  incantations, 
spectres  and  similar  subjects  with  ready  invention  and  ingenuity. 
He  was  well  patronized  in  England,  and  died  in  London  in  1704. 

542  BEERESTRATEN,  A.  VAN  Dutch  School 

A  Castle  in  Holland 

The  works  of  Beerestraten  are  very  scarce.  Some  of  his  best, 
representing  views  of  Dutch  and  Italian  seaports,  are  in  the  Mu- 
seum at  Antwerp  and  the  Gallery  at  Dresden. 

543  OSTADE,  ISAAC  VAN  (1617-1654)  Dutch  School 

Tavern  Scene 

544  UNKNOWN 

Landscape 

545  MANSEAU,  A.  Munich 

The  Accommodating  Sister 

546  NETSCHER,  GASPAR  Dutch  School 

Lady  In  White  Satin 

This  painter,  the  son  of  a  sculptor  and  engineer  in  the  Polish 
service,  was  born  at  Heidelberg  in  1639.  Netscher  died  at  The 
Hague  in  1684. 

547  WITTE,  PETER  DE  Flemish  School 

Grecian  Gods 

Pieter  de  Wit,  or  Witte,  called  Pietro  Candido,  a  painter,  sculp- 
tor and  architect,  was  born  at  Bruges  in  1548.  After  studying  in 
his  native  city  he  went  to  Italy,  where  he  formed  an  intimacy  with 


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Giorgi  Vasari.  whom  he  assisted  in  his  works  at  the  Vatican.  From 
Italy  he  repaired,  at  the  invitation  of  Maximilian  I,  Elector  of 
Bavaria,  to  Munich,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Un- 
der the  arcade  of  the  Long-  Gallery  of  the  Hofgarten,  in  that  city, 
he  painted  a  series  of  frescoes,  representing  the  deeds  of  Ootto  von 
Wittelsbach,  and  the  Departure  of  the  Emperor  Ludwig  from  Rome 
in  1327.  Although  these  paintings  are  now  defaced,  the  designs 
are  preserved  in  the  tapestries  worked  from  them,  and  in  the  prints 
engraved  from  the  tapestries  by  Amling.  The  exact  date  of  De 
Witte's  death  is  not  known,  but  it  probably  occurred  about  1620. 

548  TITIAN,  VECELLI  (after) 

Titian's  Mistress 

549  FONTANA,  LAVINIA  Bolognese  School 

Madonna  and  Child 

A  beautiful  picture  by  this  eminent  artist,  the  daughter  and 
pupil  of  Prospero  Fontana.  She  was  born  at  Bologna  in  1552. 
Lauzi  says  that  she  possessed  wonderful  sweetness  of  penciling, 
particularly  after  she  had  studied  the  works  of  the  Caracci,  and 
that  some  of  her  portraits  might  have  passed  for  those  of  Guido. 
She  died  at  Rome  in  1614. 

550  NIEULANT,  ADRIAN  VAN  Flemish  School 

Orpheus  Before  Pluto 

This  artist,  a  native  of  Antwerp,  flourished  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  sixteenth  century  He  painted  principally  landscapes,  into 
which  he  introduced  small  figures  with  considerable  skill.  He  died 
probably  about  1601. 

551  RUYSDAEL,  JACOB  Dutch  School 

Waterfall 

This  artist,  justly  considered  one  of  the  most  eminent  landscape 
painters  of  the  Dutch  School,  was  born  at  Harlem  about  1636,  and 
is  said  to  have  received  his  earliest  instruction  from  Nicholas  Berg- 
hem.    He  died  at  Harlem  in  1681. 

552  DAHL,  S.  Florence 

The  Victim 

553  SCHUZ,  F.  Dresden 

Candidates  for  Confirmation  Going  to  Church 

554  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

Forest  Children  at  Church 

555  JACOBS  (after) 

Roman  Matron 

556  BUONAROTTI,  MICHAEL  ANGELO  (after) 

Battle  Between  Jupiter  and  the  Giants 

557  SCHMIDT,  GU STAVE 

Horses  in  a  Snow  Storm 

558  BERGHEM,  NICHOLAS  (1624-1683)  Dutch  School 

Landscape  With  Cattle 

559  VON  GEBHARDT,  E.  Dusseldorf 

Lazarus  and  the  Rich  Man 

560  POTTER,  PAUL  (1625-1654)  Dutch  School 

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Portraits  of  Builders  of  Central  Pacific  Railroad 

561  Mark  Hopkins 

562  S.  S.  Montague  (Chief  Engineer) 

563  Charles  Crocker 

564  Judge  E.  B.  Crocker 

565  C.  P.  Huntington 

566  Leland  Stanford 

567  KRONBERGER,  C.  Munich 

Old  Soldier  With  Show 

568  COL.  DAVID  (after) 

Testing  the  Wine 

569  VAN  DER  DOES,  J.  Dutch  School 

Sheep  and  Goats 

Jacob  Van  der  Does,  born  at  Amsterdam  in  1623,  was  for  some 
time  a  scholar  of  Nicholas  Moyaert.  On  proceeding  to  Italy,  he 
was,  however,  strongly  influenced  by  the  pictures  of  Peter  van 
Laer  (called  Bamboccio),  and  attaching  himself  to  the  style  of 
that  master,  he  painted  similar  subjects  with  great  success.  He 
executed  landscapes,  chiefly  of  Italian  character,  enlivened  with 
sheep  and  goats,  "which  are  touched  with  a  precision  and  beauty 
of  pencil  that  has  hardly  seemed  surpassed.'  Van  der  Does  is  said 
to  have  been  of  a  gloomy,  morose  and  fretful  temperament,  and  his 
works  seem  to  partake  of  the  gloominess  of  his  character.  He  died 
at  The  Hague  in  1673. 

570  ROEGGE,  W.  Munich 

Return  From  the  War 

571  VAN  OER,  THEOBALD  F.  Dresden 

Maria  Theresa  at  Her  Husband's  Tomb 

572  UNKNOWN 

Royal  Pleasure  Party 

573  NEEFS,  PETER,  The  Elder  Flemish  School 

Church  Interior 

This  artist,  a  pupil  of  Henry  Steenwyck,  painted  like  his  master 
most  exquisite  interiors  of  churches  and  temples.  "Such  was  his 
knowledge  of  perspective,  that  he  was  accustomed  to  paint,  in  the 
small  space  of  a  cabinet  picture,  the  largest  and  most  magnificent 
gothic  edifices,  in  so  masterly  a  manner  as  to  delude  the  spectator 
into  the  belief  of  the  reality  of  the  immense  space  the  building  rep- 
resents."   He  was  born  in  1570  and  died  in  1651. 

574  SEYDEL,  ED.  Dresden 

German  Country  Inn 

575  BRANDNER,  P.  Dresden 

Zwingllus  Visiting  Ulrich  Von  Hutten 

576  FRIEDRICH,  A.  Dresden 

Saxon  Farm  Yard 


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577  MULLER,  MORITZ  Munich 

Market  Scene  by  Lanterns  and  Moonlight 

578  RUYSDAEL,  JACOB  (1636-1681)  Dutch  School 

Forest  Cabin 

579  TENIERS,  ABRAHAM  Flemish  School 

Village  Ale  House 

This  painting-,  representing  the  outside  of  a  Flemish  ale  house, 
with  groups  of  peasantry  regaling,  is  from  the  brush  of  Abraham 
Teniers,  a  brother  of  David  Teniers,  the  younger.  He  was  born  at 
Antwerp  about  1618,  and  received  his  art  education  both  from  his 
father  and  brother.  He  painted  chiefly  Flemish  village  scenes,  in 
a  style  similar,  although  inferior,  to  that  of  the  younger  David. 
He  died  in  1691. 

580  LIOTARD  (after) 

The  Chocolate  Girl 

The  original  picture,  in  the  Dresden  Gallery,  was  painted  by  a 
Swiss  artist,  Jean  Etienne  Liotard,  sometimes  called  "The  Turk." 
He  was  born  at  Geneva  in  1702. 

581  TENIERS,  DAVID,  The  Elder  Flemish  School 

Tavern  Scene 

David  Teniers,  the  elder,  was  born  at  Antwerp  in  1582,  and  was 
educated  in  the  school  of  Rubens,  who  esteemed  him  highly  for  his 
promising  talents.  He  devoted  himself  for  some  time  to  historical 
painting,  and  visited  Italy  for  the  purpose  of  sUidying  the  works 
of  the  most  celebrated  Italian  masters;  but  finding  that  his  genius 
led  him  rather  to  landscape,  he  placed  himself  at  Rome,  under  the 
tuition  of  Adam  Elsheimer,  with  whom  he  remained  six  years.  On 
returning  to  Flanders  he  adopted,  however,  a  style  of  his  own, 
which  he  practiced  with  the  utmost  success.  He  painted  cabinet 
pictures  of  merry-makings,  rural  sports,  fairs,  festivals,  etc.,  which 
he  treated  with  much  humor  and  ingenuity.  "His  works  would 
have  been  considered  among  the  happiest  efforts  of  the  art  in  that 
particular  branch  had  they  not  been  so  much  surpassed  by  the 
inimitable  productions  of  his  son."    He  died  in  1649. 


MINIATURES 

The  following  collection  of  excellent  miniatures  is  well 
worth  close  examination. 

583  MARR 

In  a  Storm 

584  OTT 

Landscape 

585  HEINEFETTER 

Battle  Between  French  Cuirassiers  and  Chevau - Legers 

586  BRAUER 

Church  Interior  With  Tomb 


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587  EVERS 

Winter  Landscape 

588  DORNER 

Deer  Park 

589  ALTMAN 

The  Peasant's  Home 

590  KAISER 

Minter  Lake 

591  WENDLING,  L. 

The  Pet  Bird  f 

592  DURK 

The  Guardian  Angel 

593  LEIZEN 

The  Toilet 

594  LUGER 

Landscape 

595  VERMEERSCH 

Castle  of  Nordhausen 

596  FOLZ,  PH. 

Neapolitan  Flsherwoman  on  the  Beach 

597  BAYER 

The  Abbot  at  Study 

598  HESS,  C. 

Courtship  in  the  Hay  Loft 

599  MENDE 

The  Siesta 

600  SCHEUTZER 

Sargans  Castle  (Grlsons,  Switzerland) 

601  PETZL,  JOS. 

Oriental  Guard 

602  GILLE 

Women  Bathing 

603  ADAM,  ALB. 

Horses  in  Pasture 

604  HAUSHOFER 

Italian  Landscape 


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605  HEINEL,  P. 

At  the  Chamber  Window 

606  KAISER 

Landscape 

607  METZINGER 

View  of  Kochelsen 

608  DILL1S,  CUN 

Swiss  Landscape 

609  HEINEFETTER 

Dressing  the  Wounded 

610  WERNER 

Chapel  in  Switzerland 

611  LEBSCHEE,  C. 

Landscape  on  the  Amper 

612  CROLA 

Woodland  Scene 

613  BURKL 

The  Bull 

614  HESS,  CARL 

Swiss  Dairy 

615  QUAGLIO,  SOR. 

Castle  of  Hohenschwangau 

616  KATTENMOSER 

Mother  and  Child 

617  EIBNER 

Straublng 

618  NACHTMAN 

Flowers  and  Fruit 

619  TANCK 

Marine  View 

620  BURKL 

Horse  Grazing 

621  LEIZEN 

Faust  and  Gretchen 

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622  LOTZE 


Cow  and  Calf 


623  KATTENNOSER 

Tyrolese  Tavern  Scene 


624  GEIST 


625  STEINGRUBEL 


626  VOLMER 


627    MULLER,  MORITZ 


Candle-lig-ht  effect. 


View  Near  Naples 


Landscape 


Marine 


Courting 


628  HABENSCHADEN 

Cattle  Returnng  Home 

629  ROTTMANN,  CARL 

Greek  Peasant  Woman  at  the  Well 

630  KIRCHNER 

Church  of  St.  Elizabeth,  Near  Marburg 

631  SCHOENFELD 

Town  Hall  of  Mittelstadt,  in  Thuringia 


632  DYCK 


633    HESS,  CARL 


Children  at  Fountain 


Tyrolese  Mother  and  Child 

634    KLOTZ,  AUGUST 

Mother  and  Child 


635  LOTZE 


636  MILLNER 


637  BURKL 


Cattle  Piece 


Alpine  Landscape 


Winter  Scene 


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638  SCHNITZLER 


Still  Life 


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639  STANGE 

Landscape 

640  KIRNER 

The  Young  Musician 

641  DILLIS,  GEORG  VON 

Landscape  with  Castle 

642  SAGSTAEDTER 

The  First  Smoke 

643  MATTENHEIMER 

Flower  Piece 

644  FOHR 

Heidelberg  Castle 

645  SCHILCHER,  VON 

Hunting  Scene 

646  GILLE 

The  Evening  Prayer 

647  BRUNNER 

Alpine  Scenery,  with  Swiss  Chalet 

648  QUAGLIO,  SUN 

The  Tower  with  Five  Corners,  in  Nuremberg 

649  SCHOENFELD 

Tubingen  Gate 

650  HABENSCHADEN 

Cattle 

651  BAYER,  VON 

Monk  Replenishing  the  Vellleuse 

652  FISCHBACH 

Lake  of  Gmund 

653  WELLER 

Tyrolese  Peasant  Woman 

654  HEILMAR 

Loisant  Valley  and  Mount  Zugspity 

655  SCHELTER,  A. 

Charge  of  Bavarian  Dragoons 


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656    PETZL,  JOS. 

The  Reproof 

C57  LEIZEN 

Love  Dreaming 

658  MORGENSTERN,  CHR. 

View  Near  Starnberg 

659  ZIMMERMANN,  ALB. 

Nymph  at  the  Bath 

660  NELLMAYR 

Swiss  Landscape 

661  QUAGLIO,  DOM. 

Church  Near  Wellburg 

662  GLINK 

The  Guardian  Angel 

663  GRAEFLE 

The  Sisters 

664  WYTENBACH 

One  of  the  Old  Masters 

665  WARNBERGER 

Harlaching  Castle 

666  WAGENBAUER 

Cattle  and  Sheep 

667  JODL,  F. 

Reiffenberg  Castle 

668  MULLER,  MORITZ 

Tyrolese  Inn  Scene 

669  HEIM 

View  of  Munich 

670  ZIMMERMANN,  CL. 

St.  Cecilia 

671  BAYER,  VON 

St.  Peter's  Cemetery,  Near  Salzburg 

672  HEINLEIN 

Landscape,  with  Lake 


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673  FRIDL 

Castle  of  Hohenschwangau 

674  KLENZE,  VON 

Convent  Ruins  In  Italy 

675  CROLA 

Old  Albeck  Castle 

676  RUBEN 

Street  Scene — Italian  Bagpipers 

677  BACH 

The  Diligence 

678  MARTIN 

Hlnter  Lake 

679  ZECH 

Castle  Schwaneck 

680  OTT 

The  Lighthouse 

681  WAGNER  and  DEINES 

Landscape  with  Cattle 

682  ADAM,  HEINRICH 

Isarthor 

683  GWIL 

Convent  Hall,  with  Monk 

684  ZWENGAUER 

Evening  Landscape 

685  MENDE 

The  Artist's  Studio 

686  SCHLEICH 

Landscape 

687  GLINK 

Magdalene  (?) 

688  EZDORFF,  CHR. 

Landscape,  with  Waterfall 

689  KAISER 

Swiss  Scene 


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690  MELCHIOR,  W. 

The  Postilion 

691  MARR 

To  Pasture 

692  GEIST 

The  Dead  Pet 

693  KIRNER 

Roman  Matron  with  Child 

694  AERTTINGER 

Surreptitious  Lessons  in  Courtship 

695  HEINZMAN 

Hilgartsberg  Castle,  Switzerland 

696  MONTEN 

Chevau-Legers  Attacking  a  Battery 

697  QUAGLIO,  SOR. 

Tyrolese  Apple  Orchard 

698  WELLER 

Helping  Mother 

699  BRANDES 

Alpine  Landscape 

700  LEFEUBURE 

The  Huzzars 

701  BAYER,  VON 

Monk  in  His  Cell 


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STATUARY 

Property  of  the  California  Museum  Association. 

PRESENTED  BY  DAVID  LUBIN. 
No.  1    George  Washington 

No.  2    America  (original  creation  by  Rominella) 
No.  3    Venus  at  the  Bath  (replica  from  the  Vatican) 
No.  4  Diana 
No.  5  Apollo 

PRESENTED  BY  MRS.  MARGARET  E,  CROCKER. 
No.  6    Rebecca  at  the  Well 
No.  7    Cupid  and  Psyche  (medallion) 

PRESENTED  BY  MR.  AND  MRS.  H.  WEINSTOCK. 
No.  8    The  Wrestlers 


£4 


CROCKER  ART  GALLERY 


LOWER  FLOOR 

COLLECTION  OF  MINERALS 

Property  of  the  State  of  California 

(Separate  Catalogue) 


MU5LUM 


Property  of  the  California  Museum  Association. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  GALLERY 


Judge  E.  B.  and  Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Crocker  erected  in  the 
City  of  Sacramento,  California,  the  E.  B.  Crocker  Art  Gallery 
1870-1873  to  gratify  their  tastes.  They  gathered  most  of  the 
Art  collection  during  their  travels  in  Europe.  The  large  col- 
lection of  studies,  drawings,  etc.,  kept  in  portfolios  and  lock- 
ers, were  secured  from  studios  and  collectors  in  Europe  dur- 
ing the  Franco-Prussian  War. 

In  1884  the  California  Museum  Association  was  formed 
to  gather  a  museum  of  art,  natural  history  mineral  examples, 
etc.,  and  to  study  matters  related  to  the  development  of  the 
resources  of  California. 

To  aid  in  securing  a  hall  for  its  purposes,  it  gave  an  Art 
Loan  Exhibition  in  the  Art  Gallery  by  the  kindness  of  Mrs. 
Margaret  E  Crocker,  widow  of  Judge  E.  B.  Crocker.  It  was 
so  successful  that  in  its  midst  Mrs.  Crocker  donated  to  the 
Association  the  building  and  all  its  contents.  By  the  request 
of  the  Association  Mrs.  Crocker  changed  the  gift  so  that  it 
could  be  received  by  the  City  of  Sacramento  with  the  Cali- 
fornia Museum  Association  as  a  co-tenant  and  administrator. 
The  city  accepted  the  trust  and  the  two  bodies  have  ever 
since  controlled  the  property  jointly. 

In  honor  of  the  donor  of  the  Gallery  the  people  shortly 
after  the  making  of  the  deed,  gave  her  a  reception  in  the 
great  Agricultural  Pavilion,  which  for  floral  beauty,  unanimity 
of  participation  and  splendor  of  ceremony,  has  never  been 
surpassed  in  the  State.  People  and  societies  from  all  over 
the  State  participated  and  contributed  to  the  features  of  the 
floral  festival.  An  account  of  all  this  with  paintings  by  Cali- 
fornia artists  was  bound  in  a  unique  volume  of  gold  and  Sut- 
ter Fort  Oak,  and  with  another  volume  bound  in  silver  and 
oak  containing  newspaper  comments  on  the  gift  and  festival, 
presented  to  Mrs.  Crocker. 

The  original  gift  included  160  feet  on  O  Street,  by  160 
on  Second  Street.  A  few  years  later  and  shortly  prior  to 
her  death,  Mrs.  Crocker  gave  an  additional  strip  on  the  east 
marked  by  the  west  line  of  the  residence  property  next  to 
the  Gallery. 

The  fine  collection  of  minerals  in  the  Gallery  is  the  prop- 
erty of  the  State  of  California. 


